Timely Funding, Response Critical as Ethiopia’s Agriculture Sector Recovers from Multiple Disasters
By Fatouma Seid*
Daily News from Ethiopia
By Fatouma Seid*
ADDIS ABABA – The European Union’s aid agency, ECHO, has contributed €4.1 million to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)’s desert locust control program in Ethiopia, the UN agency said.
Elim, Namibia – “We were expecting a plentiful harvest this year but the locust outbreak is threatening to undo our hard work,” says a visibly distressed Wilhem Asser.
ADDIS ABABA – Three East African nations including Ethiopia have been told to stay vigilant as desert locust swarms continue to decline in the sub-region.
ADDIS ABABA – Delayed rains in the Horn of Africa have helped to keep the locust population down, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said.
ADDIS ABABA – Ministry of Agriculture has signed on Friday a contractual agreement with National Airways for the procurement and management of aircrafts.
ADDIS ABEBA – New swarms of desert locusts are threatening the livelihoods of people in Afar regional state despite a year of control efforts, the region’s agriculture bureau said on Wednesday. Officials say the swarm
ADDIS ABEBA – Ministry of agriculture has announced the arrival of two spraying plans on Tuesday while another one expected to arrive today.
ADDIS ABEBA – Minister of Agriculture, Oumer Hussien, said at least five more spray planes will be deployed to fight huge locust swarms that are devastating farms.
ADDIS ABABA – A turboprop aircraft crashed on Thursday while while it was spraying pesticides for locusts in East Harrarge of Oromia regional state, reports a state television.