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Environment
Analysis: Why Ethiopia is unable to control water hyacinth from Lake Tana and what to do about it
On Sunday October 27, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited Lake Tana along with other high lever officials including DPM Demeke Mekonnen, and Amhara region president Gedu Andargachew Solomon Kibret (PhD) and Abeyou Worqlul (PhD), for Addis Standard Addis Abeba, October 31/2018 – Water hyacinth is one of the world’s most …
Agriculture: Great expectations from Ethiopia’s Wheat Initiative. But what happens when results don’t meet expectations?
Ethiopia’s wheat production has consistently lagged other African nations. The Wheat Initiative raises hopes, but what happens when results don’t meet expectations? Gashaw Tadesse Abate, Tanguy Bernard, Alan de Brauw and Nicholas Minot Addis Abeba, Oct. 15/2018 – Small-holder farmers in sub-Saharan Africa often experience lower yields, and efforts to …
Economic commentary: What Ethiopians need is mobility, not automobility. A rejoinder on punitive import tax for cars
Mulugeta Getu Sisay, For Addis Standard Addis Abeba, August 24/2018 -I recently read an article by Ayele Gelan (PhD), who authored an excellent but also provocative economic commentary which was published on Addis Standard last month. I could not resist my impulses and decided to write my perspective on …
