Shipment of avocado grown by Ethiopian local cooperative unions has been sent off to Europe, specifically the Netherlands, Belgium, and the UK. Over 100 smallholder farmers are represented by the cooperative unions.
The Ministry of Agriculture disclosed that Ethiopia would start exporting wheat to East African countries including Kenya, Djibouti, and South Sudan. According to Isais Lemma, Director of Crop Development at the Ministry, Ethiopia has met the national demand for wheat after increasing wheat productivity.
The Ministry of Water, Irrigation and Electricity (MoWIE) set to generate 300MW from solar energy in GTP II period, according to Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC).
The first Omani Products Exhibition in Africa (OPEX 2016) is going to be held in Ethiopia from April 11 to 14, 2015, Times of Omani reported.
Ethiopia is planning to seek a credit rating to attract more foreign investment and to balance the decline in exports, Bloomberg reported.
The Ethiopian government will pick rating companies in the coming weeks to assess the level of risk involved with investing in the country, Finance Minister Sufian Ahmed said in an interview with Bloomberg yesterday in Addis Ababa.
