Ethiopia Ethiopia: Worst locust outbreak in 25 years (Anadolu Agency) admin | November 23, 2020 At the end of a tough farming season, Ethiopian farmer Leila Mohammed was ready to harvest her millet crop with […]
Ethiopia Fana Broadcasting Corporation helps female farmers overcome gender bias Hannah Tellier | August 2, 2020 In southern Ethiopia, the staff of Fana Broadcasting Corporation recognize that men and women face different challenges. In the surrounding […]
Ethiopia Helubanchi Enyew, senior reporter with Amhara Mass Media Agency, Ethiopia admin | February 2, 2020 Helubanchi Enyew is an Ethiopian journalist, born and raised in Bahir Dar City. She graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Irrigated farming helps farmers produce more, even when the rain is erratic (International Institute for Environment and Development) admin | October 28, 2019 Over a 12-year period, as rainfall became increasingly erratic, farmer Shemsu Hussein moved from rain-fed agriculture to intensive small-scale irrigation—and […]
Ethiopia Rice and radio: How a Farm Radio International project is promoting collaboration to serve farmers Nebiyu Yetsedaw | September 2, 2019 Adugna Tigab is a 33-year-old farmer in the Bure kebele of Lebokemkem woreda (or district) in Ethiopia. Farmland in her […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Farmers hire village vaccinators to protect chickens from Newcastle disease Sawa Pius | June 9, 2019 Nususe Gonetse steps into a basin of water to disinfect his feet as he exits his wire mesh chicken house. […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Farmers choose traditional methods over pesticides to control Fall armyworm Neo Brown | April 14, 2019 It’s another busy morning. Young boys are leading livestock to pasture while women attend to various household chores. Silenat Molla […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Farmers create pastures for livestock and build fences to benefit from mulching Tesfaye Getnet | April 7, 2019 At first, Yonas Ugi was hesitant to start laying down crop residues on his farmland as mulch. He feared that, […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Women use mulching to reduce workload in cabbage farming Tesfaye Getnet | March 31, 2019 On one side of Felekech Fantu’s mud hut, 100-kilogram bundles of cabbage are tied with ropes and stacked, waiting to […]
Ethiopia Ethiopia: Crop rotation, intercropping, and mulching help farmers improve soil fertility and productivity Tesfaye Getnet | March 31, 2019 Two goats sit side-by-side in front of a mud house, waiting eagerly to catch the morning sun inside Markos Chneshu’s […]