Ethiopia: Addis Sensitizing Residents to Benefit More From Urban Agriculture

With an estimated more than 4 million people, Adds Ababa is one of the most congested cities in the country and in Africa. As a result the cost of land per square meter is very… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Scales Up Irrigation Projects to Boost Food Security

ADDIS ABABA - The Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands (MILLS) is expanding Ethiopia's irrigation capacity through a new wave of strategically designed projects aimed at ensuring… Read more »

Africa: China, Africa Cooperation Reinforcing Africa's Agriculture Sector

Africa's economy is predominantly tied with agriculture. Even though it is widely practiced as a mainstay of the peoples' livelihood across the continent, Africa still languishes… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia Eyes Cocoa As New Cash Crop

- Ethiopia is working to establish cocoa as a significant export commodity in an effort to equal the economic impact of commodities like rice, rubber, and coffee, according to… Read more »

Ethiopia: Cluster Farming Enhancing Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia

With a drastic rise in food-insecure people worldwide, food insecurity remains a major global challenge. Nevertheless, food insecurity is significantly higher in many developing… Read more »

Ethiopia: Agricultural Research Helps Farmers in Rising Maize Productivity

Among the various crops, maize is a common warm weather cereal crop widely grown in Ethiopia. It is cultivated mostly at lower altitudes along the country's Western, Southwestern,… Read more »

Ethiopia: Unlocking Regional Value Chains - How IGAD Fisheries Drive Inclusive Growth

Despite abundant fishery resources with a production capacity of over 3.5 million tons, the IGAD region is currently generating limited benefits for livelihoods and food security,… Read more »

Africa: Solving Contradiction - Why Nature Rich Africa Lacks Food Diversity?

The pursuit of climate-resilient and biodiversity-conscious food systems, which are commended by the United Nations, are flickering new hope into the livesof millions of Africans… Read more »

Ethiopia: Avocado Oil Exports Bring 3.3mln USD to Sidama Industrial Park

The Sidama Industrial Parks Development Corporation announced it has generated over 3.3 million USD in revenue from avocado oil exports during the 2024/2025 fiscal year. Read more »

Ethiopia: Sheger Expands Forest Cover, Champions Smart, Green City Vision

Sheger City is scaling up its efforts to boost food security and expand green urban development as part of its broader vision to become a smart, sustainable metropolis and a model… Read more »

East Africa: From Drought to Resilience - Agfund Backs East Africa's Smallholder Farmers

- The Arab Gulf Program for Development Global Initiative (AGFUND) has underscored the vital role of smallholder farmers in addressing drought and food shortages in East Africa,… Read more »

Senegal: Global Leaders to Gather in Dakar for Continental Food Forum

- Heads of state are among the first high-level speakers confirmed for the Africa Food Systems Forum (AFSF), which is set to take place in Senegal from August 31 to September 5,… Read more »

Ethiopia: How the UK-Ethiopia Partnership Is Transforming Food Systems

In the fertile highlands of Ethiopia, farming shapes daily life and underpins the economy. Yet across Africa, the challenge is intensifying. By 2050, the continent's population… Read more »

East Africa: Ethiopia, Mexico Deepen Agricultural Partnership for Mutual Growth

- Mexico is keen to deepen its partnership with Ethiopia in the agricultural sector, offering technical expertise and knowledge sharing to support sustainable development, the… Read more »

Ethiopia: Woman Applies Food Processing Technology to Add Value, Maximize Profit

Felicia Gbuka, a Nigerian entrepreneur runs a business of processing rice and cassava in to ready to eat snacks and other ingredients. She processes the foodstuffs with additional… Read more »

Ethiopia: Exemplary Stride for Continental, Global Ecological Safety

'Not only is planting tree seedlings a means for proper nurturing of nature via making barren lands green and producing hypnotic panoramas, but it is also a glorified path to buy… Read more »

Ethiopia: WFP Urges Urgent Global Action to End Hunger Amid Soaring Food Insecurity

ADDIS ABABA -- The World Food Programme (WFP) has called for urgent and collective global action to end hunger, as acute food insecurity continues to rise sharply in… Read more »

Somalia: Somaliland Declares Drought, Seeks Aid

As worsening drought conditions continue to endanger lives and livelihoods, the government of Somaliland has officially declared a state of humanitarian emergency across four… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN Food System Summit - Leaders Call for Urgent Action to End Hunger Globally

Eliminating hunger is a novel human cause: President Taye Read more »

East Africa: Ethiopia's Unweaving Commitment Towards Inclusive Food Systems

Transforming global food systems to achieve food sovereignty necessitates addressing the fundamental question of control. A global shift toward food sovereignty requires the active… Read more »

Ethiopia: Ethiopia's Integrated Agro-Industrial Parks Development in Ending Hunger, Malnutrition

In Ethiopia, UNIDO is supporting the development of four Integrated Agro- Industrial Parks (IAIPs). An agro-industrial park is an agribusiness development corridor integrating… Read more »

Africa: UNFSS + 4 Stock Take to Be a Game Changer in Africa

The 2nd UN Food Systems Summit Stocktake (UNFSS+4) took place from July 27-29, 2025, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, co-hosted by Ethiopia and Italy. It is now four years since the 2021… Read more »

Ethiopia: IGAD Ministers Unite to Tackle Food Security Challenges

-Sign MoU to build sustainable food systems Read more »

Ethiopia: UNFSS+4 Takeaways - Ethiopia Urges Investment to Transform Food Systems

ADDIS ABABA - President Taye Atske Selassie called for increased global investment and coordinated action to transform food systems and end hunger, during his closing remarks at… Read more »

Ethiopia: UN Urges Swift Action On Food Systems to Meet 2030 Goals

ADDIS ABABA - The United Nations recently launched the Secretary-General's Report for the Second Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+4), calling for urgent, coordinated… Read more »