Three regional agencies have urged African countries to transform the agri-food system to avert the deteriorating hunger and malnutrition crisis in the continent. The African Union Commission, the UN’s Economic Commission for Africa and Food and Agriculture Organization, have launched an interactive digital report on Tuesday as the latest update to their annual reporting on […]
Rwanda: How training is helping women farmers grow
In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 60 percent of women are employed in agriculture and yet their potential as farmers and entrepreneurs is often limited due to gender inequalities, reduced access to farming inputs such as seeds and fertilizers and little or no access to finance. Despite women being the largest contributors to the agricultural sector, […]
Ethiopian UN Staffs Raise 55,000 USD to Support Rehabilitation Efforts
An Ethiopian decent United Nations (UN) staffs in various countries have been mobilizing resources to support the rehabilitation efforts and for people displaced due to the invasion of terrorist TPLF. In a phone interview with ENA, Yonas Aketa, and a UN staff member in South Africa said those staff members have deposited more than 55,000 […]
Ethiopian Diaspora Showing Keen Desire to Come Home: Agency
The Ethiopian Diaspora is demonstrating strong desire to come to their home country following the call of the premier, according to the Ethiopian Diaspora Agency. The agency also revealed that the diaspora has so far raised over 3 million USD in just one month. It is to be recalled that PM Abiy Ahmed invited one […]
Cash transfers – Past, present and future: Evidence and lessons learned from the Transfer Project
Abstract Since 2009, the Transfer Project has generated rigorous evidence on the impacts of cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa and has supported their expansion. The Transfer Project is a collaborative network comprising UNICEF (Innocenti, Regional and Country Offices), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, national […]
Farmers in JICA’s SHEP Project Heading to Market
JICAs Smallholder Horticulture Empowerment and Promotion (SHEP) project has been training farmers in Amhara and Oromia region on techniques for sowing their seeds, spacing, seed bed and fertilizer preparation to aid in producing quality potatoes, cabbages, carrots, peppers and onions. In Amhara Region Dembecha Woreda, lead famer Mr. Enawgaw Belisty has been at the forefront […]