Jinka, April 13, 2023 – Mr. Sean Jones, Mission Director for USAID/Ethiopia, traveled to South Omo zone in the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region to attend the inauguration of the new Tama Plains Community Conservation Area (TCCA). The Community Conservation Area is a legally distinct location managed by local, indigenous communities for conservation, tourism, and …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 17 April, 2023 | Topics: Agriculture, Culture, Economic Affairs, Environment, Human Rights, News, Press Releases, U.S. & Ethiopia
Addis Ababa, November 16, 2022 – Deputy Chief of Mission (DCM) of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa Fiona Evans joined the Special Advisor to the Minister of Agriculture, Mr. Sileshi Getahun, and Mr. Girma Abera from the Agricultural Transformation Agency to launch Apex-10. This is an American-made environmentally friendly and soil-enhancing product, approved for …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 16 November, 2022 | Topics: Agriculture, Business, Deputy Chief of Mission, News, Press Releases
Addis Ababa, March 29, 2021 – Today, the United States joined the Government of Ethiopia and development partners to launch the next five-year phase of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP). The PSNP is the Government of Ethiopia’s multi-billion dollar food security, public works, and social safety net program for millions in need across Ethiopia.The …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 29 March, 2021 | Topics: Agriculture, News, Press Releases
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, March 6, 2020 – The United States, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), is providing an additional $10 million in humanitarian assistance to support regional operations to control locusts in Ethiopia, Kenya, and Somalia. This announcement brings the U.S. government’s regional humanitarian response to the locust outbreak to $19 million. …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 6 March, 2020 | Topics: Agriculture, News, Press Releases
In 2016, an invasive crop pest called the fall armyworm (FAW) was first confirmed in Africa. Native to the Americas, FAW can feed on 80 different crop species including maize, a staple food consumed by over 300 million African smallholder farm families. The crop pest has since been found in over 30 African countries, posing …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 6 February, 2018 | Topics: Agriculture, Press Releases | Tags: crop
Remarks by Mark Green USAID Administrator At the Jijiga Export Slaughter House Jijiga, Ethiopia August 30, 2017 (As prepared for delivery) ADMINISTRATOR GREEN: Thank you. Thank you for the kind introduction. More importantly, thanks to all of you for hosting us here today. It’s not every day that I get to give my remarks in …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 31 August, 2017 | Topics: Agriculture, Events, News, Speeches, U.S. Agencies | Tags: food
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, June 20, 2017 – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), through its Livestock Market Development activity, today handed over approximately $800,000 (nearly 18.4 million Ethiopian Birr) worth of dairy processing equipment to 24 grantees operating in the Amhara, Oromia, SNNP and Tigray regions. Through these grants, thousands of smallholder farmers will …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 20 June, 2017 | Topics: Agriculture, News, Press Releases | Tags: livestock
Bako, Oromia Region, Ethiopia – The Bako Farm Service Center, established via a public-private partnership to expand Ethiopian smallholders’ access to supplies, marked its grand opening today. It is the first of 20 centers to open through the Feed the Future Ethiopia Commercial Farm Services Project, implemented by the ATA in collaboration with the ministry …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 12 May, 2017 | Topics: Agriculture, News, Press Releases | Tags: Agriculture, business
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia –The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and DuPont announced that the Advanced Maize Seed Adoption Program (AMSAP), a public-private partnership between USAID, DuPont and the Government of Ethiopia, exceeded its goal by 150 percent to boost maize productivity among smallholder farmers and increase food production for Ethiopian communities. As part of America’s Feed the Future initiative, the …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 8 May, 2017 | Topics: Agriculture, Exclude, News, Press Releases | Tags: Agriculture
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, February 23, 2017; Africa Sustainable Livestock 2050 (ASL2050) launched today in Addis Ababa, encouraging governments to think beyond livestock today, for the people of tomorrow. ASL2050 is a cross-sectoral initiative analysing the impact of a growing livestock sector on public health, the environment, and livelihoods. Government ministers and representatives from Burkina Faso, …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 23 February, 2017 | Topics: Agriculture, Press Releases
20 entrepreneurs and farmers’ cooperative unions to open new farm service centers in Ethiopia’s four main regions with financial support from the Feed the Future Ethiopia Commercial Farm Services Project Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, December 21, 2016 – The U.S. Agency for International Development joined the Ethiopia Agricultural Transformation Agency, and the Ministry of Agriculture and …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 21 December, 2016 | Topics: Agriculture, Commercial Affairs, News, Press Releases | Tags: Agriculture, Farm
The Public Affairs Section of U.S Embassy in Addis Ababa organized a workshop on Higher Education Linkages between U.S. and Ethiopian universities August 15-17, 2016 at the Hilton Hotel. The workshop was divided into two segments: a one-day workshop on August 15 for the U.S. delegation and 12 leading Ethiopian agricultural universities focused on food …
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By U.S. Embassy Ethiopia | 18 August, 2016 | Topics: Agriculture, Education, News, Press Releases | Tags: education, food security, University linkage
