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Enderta Inaugurates Tigray’s First Fertilizer Blending Plant
Thousands of farmers will gain access to improved fertilizers, blended with micronutrients to increase agriculture productivity in Tigray May 28, 2015. Mekele, Tigray—The Enderta Farmer Cooperative...
View ArticleStarbucks Plots African Expansion starting in Joburg
Starbucks announces an exclusive licensed partnership with Taste Holdings for the opening of stores in South Africa, the first in sub‐Saharan Africa First store will open in Johannesburg in the first...
View ArticleObama Praises Ethiopian Maize Farmers
Before addressing the African Union, US President Barrack Obama met several beneficiaries of US government development strategies and spoke to the press about Feed the Future, a $3.5 billion food...
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Yirgacheffe, USAID Partner to Increase Coffee Exports
Yirgacheffe Coffee Union Looks to Double US Coffee Exports in 2015 In 2014, Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers’ Cooperative Union (YCFCU) exported 2,000 tons of coffee. The US market represents 60 percent of...
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Fertilizer Blending Plant Initiative Matches Inputs and Soil
USAID Provides International Management Contracts that Assign Fertilizer Experts to Each Factory for 10 months Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—The Government of Ethiopia, World Bank and USAID have collaborated...
View ArticleFederal Govt Signs Over Minority Share of Coffee Plantation to Green Coffee
Green Coffee will own the rights to 9000 hectares of agricultural land in southwestern Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia—Ethiopian coffee exporter Green Coffee gained 100% control of 9000 hectares of...
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Large Scale Honey Trader Opens Office in Addis Ababa
Multinational honey trader, Parodi Apicultura, opened an office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, marking the company’s first location in Africa. Parodi Apicultura is the third largest honey trader in the...
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US Senators Get Taste of Public-Private Seed Partnership
A delegation of United States Senators and other government representatives visited DuPont Pioneer‘s seed conditioning plant and warehouse, located outside of Addis Ababa, as part of a visit to key...
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Agro Prom Inaugurates Ethiopia’s First Industrial Chickpea Processor
New Technology Allows Agro Prom to Reach High Value Markets with Ethiopian Chickpea and Oilseeds The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director, Dennis Weller, joined...
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USAID Launches Round Two of Women in Agribusiness Network
The Women in Agribusiness Leadership Network Expands to over 250 Agribusiness and Agriculture Entrepreneurs across Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia–The United States Agency for International Development...
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Modern Beehives Give Women Farmers a New Vocation
Bedele, Ethiopia—Ethiopian farmer Ayelech Bekele, 55, joined the Lelistu Ogda farmer cooperative because she believed she had better chances to improve her quality of life as part of a group. She’s...
View ArticleNew Equipment Spurs Innovation in Livestock Sector
USAID, through its Livestock Market Development project, awarded equipment grants for eight businesses operating in Amhara, Oromia and SNNPR. The grantees come from diversified areas of the livestock...
View ArticleMinister of Trade Prepares for the World Coffee Conference
The Ethiopian delegation led by H.E. Mr Yacob Yala, State Minister of Trade, presented plans for the 4th World Coffee Conference, which will take place in Addis Ababa on 6-8 March 2016. The Ethiopian...
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International Coffee Day
To celebrate October 1st, International Coffee Day, USAID Ethiopia has created a small infrographic to celebrate Ethiopian coffee.
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Large Scale Honey Trader Opens Office in Addis Ababa
Multinational honey trader, Parodi Apicultura, opened an office in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, marking the company’s first location in Africa. Parodi Apicultura is the third largest honey trader in the...
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US Senators Get Taste of Public-Private Seed Partnership
A delegation of United States Senators and other government representatives visited DuPont Pioneer‘s seed conditioning plant and warehouse, located outside of Addis Ababa, as part of a visit to key...
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Agro Prom Inaugurates Ethiopia’s First Industrial Chickpea Processor
New Technology Allows Agro Prom to Reach High Value Markets with Ethiopian Chickpea and Oilseeds The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Mission Director, Dennis Weller, joined...
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USAID Launches Round Two of Women in Agribusiness Network
The Women in Agribusiness Leadership Network Expands to over 250 Agribusiness and Agriculture Entrepreneurs across Ethiopia Addis Ababa, Ethiopia–The United States Agency for International Development...
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The U.S. Impact Angel Network to Invest in Sesame Processing
The largest U.S. angel network for Africa invests in a sesame manufacturing and exporting company. Through support from USAID and its Feed the Future AGP-Agribusiness Market Development program,...
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Agri-CEFT Launches Gojjam’s First Commercial Coffee Farm
Ethio Agri-CEFT, one of Sheik Mohammed’s agricultural parent companies, began commercial coffee farming in the Gojjam district of the Amhara Region The company announced that it is aggressively...
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