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TRANSHUMANT LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION: IMPLICATIONS FOR MARKET ORIENTED LIVESTOCK FARMING IN SIDAMA HIGHLANDS OF ETHIOPIA

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Mixed herd grazing under extensive production system in Arbegona District of Sidama zone (photo credit:ILRI\Yoseph). Livestock production remains a major component of the Ethiopian agriculture sector. Mixed crop-livestock farming is the major livestock production system in rural areas of the Livestock and Irrigation Value Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) project intervention districts (Arbegona, Bona Zuria and Bensa) in the Si…. Read more

የኢትዮጵያን ቡና አምራቾች የቡና ገበያ የሚያጠናክር ውድድር ሊካሄድ ነው

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የኢትዮጵያን ቡና አምራቾች በዓለም የቡና ገበያ ማስተዋወቅ የሚያስችል ውድድር በኢትዮጵያ ሊካሄድ ነው። ውድድሩ በአፍሪካ ሲካሄድ የመጀመሪያው እንደሆነም ተገልጿል። የቡና አምራቾቹን የሚያወዳድረው ዓለም አቀፍ እውቅና ያለው ዩሺማ የተሰኘ የጃፓን የተፈጨ ቡና አከፋፋይ ድርጅት ሲሆን የሲዳማ ቡና አምራቾችን ብቻ ያሳትፋል። የድርጅቱ የአቅርቦት ትስስር ማኔጅመንት ዳይሬክተር ሚስተር ቲቲሱያ ሴኪ እንደተናገሩት ኢትዮጵያ ቡና በከፍተኛ መጠን የምታመረትና እምቅ የቡና ኃብትም ያላት አገር ናት። በመሆኑም ይህ በአፍሪካ የመጀመሪያ የሆነው ውድድር ኢትዮጵያ ውስጥ ይደረጋል። ውድድሩ በሲዳማ ክልል በሚገኙ ቡና አምራቾች መካከል ከጥር እስከ የካቲት 2008 ዓ.ም የሚካሄድ ሲሆን ከ24 ሺህ በላይ አምራቾች ይሳተፋሉ ተብሎ ይጠበቃል። በቀጣይ ሌሎች ክልሎችን ያሳተፈ ውድድር ለማካሄድ መታቀዱንም ነው የተናገሩት ዳይሬክተሩ።   ድርጅቱ በውድድሩ ከ1ኛ እስከ 6ኛ የሚወጡ አሸናፊዎችን የመጀመሪያ ደረጃ ቡና ከመደበኛው ዋጋ ከ10 እስከ 30 በመቶ በሚደርስ ጭማሪ ይገዛቸዋል ብለዋል። ጥሬው የቡና ፍሬ ወደ ጃፓን ከተላከ በኋላ ጥልቅ በሆነ የጥራት ማረጋገጫ መመዘኛ የተለያዩ ምርመራዎች እንደሚደረግለትም ገልጸዋል። አምራቾቹ በውድድሩ መሳተፋቸው ምርታማነታቸውንና ጥራታቸውን የሚሻሻል በመሆኑ የቡናቸው ዋጋ በዚያው መጠን እንደሚያድግ ተናግረዋል።    በጃፖን የኢትዮጵያ አምባሳደር አቶ ማርቆስ ተክሌ በበኩላቸው ውድድሩ አምራቾች ዘመናዊ ቴክኖሎጂ ተጠቅመው እንዲያመርቱ ግንዛቤ የሚያስጨብጥ ሥልጠናን ያካተተ ነው። ለቴክኖሎጂ ሽግግር ዕድል የሚፈጥርና የቡና አግሮ ፕሮሰሲንግ ኢንዱስትሪውንም የሚያሻሽል መሆኑን ተናግረዋል። በኢትዮጵያ የጃፓን አምባሳደር ሚስተር ካዙሂ

$386m Needed for Humanitarian Response

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By addisfortune.net The latest humanitarian requirement document released to public on August 19, 2015  shows that the number relief food beneficiaries has risen to 4.5 million; an increase by 55 pc and 36.3 pc from figures registered in January 2015, and the annual forecast of this year, respectively. The report was jointly released by the Ethiopian government and humanitarian partners. Regional distribution of the number of beneficiaries in Oromia, Somali and Amhara regional states, hit the first three ranks with 1.8 million, 1.08 million and 639,876 beneficiaries, respectively. The report also stated that funding requirements for food and non food items showed a 10.6pc increment to 386 million dollars, an increase from the figure forecasted in January, 2015. Of the total financial requirement 48pc of it is yet to be covered. In terms of financial requirements for relief divided in sectors, the requirement for relief food stands at 312 million dollars, of which 154 million

Japanese company to hold coffee quality contest in Ethiopia

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  The Japanese UCC Ueshima Coffee Ltd. Company announced today that it would organize coffee quality contest in Ethiopia in the middle of March, 2016. At a press conference he held here in Addis Ababa, Director of Supply-Chain Management Department of UCC Ueshima, Tetsuya Seki, said “we would like to hold the first contest in Africa and enhance the relationship between UCC and Ethiopia. The philosophy of UCC Coffee Quality Contest is “supporting coffee farmers”, according to the director. The contest would promote exchanges in local communities and provide opportunities to participate in seminars for technology improvement in the cultivation and sorting process, Tetsuya said, adding that winning the awards will bring honor to the producers too. Besides, the quality of coffee will be raised through the competition and the value of the coffee will increase and more sales opportunities will be created and the income of farmers will increase, the director elaborated. The comp

Reggae Hawassa

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ሬጌ ሃዋሳ ምኑ ላይ ነው የሃዋሳነቱ? Anyhow ጥቂት ስለ ሬጌ ሙዝቃ፦  Reggae  is a  music genre  that originated in  Jamaica  in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broad sense to refer to most types of popular  Jamaican dance music , the term  reggae  more properly denotes a particular music style that was strongly influenced by traditional  mento  and  calypso music , as well as American  jazz  and  rhythm and blues , especially the New Orleans R&B practiced by Fats Domino  and  Allen Toussaint , and evolved out of the earlier genres  ska  and  rocksteady . Read more at:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reggae  Reggae Hawassa