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Ethiopian coffee farmers to tour schools, speak to the public

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ROSEMARY BEACH — Multinational coffee companies have built an industry worth more than $80 billion a year, and coffee has become the most valuable trading commodity in the world after oil. But until recent years, little of that money made its way to the root of the industry: the small farmer struggling to survive in places such as Ethiopia. That’s why Dan Bailey, owner of Panama City Beach-based Amavida Coffee and Trading Co., thinks it is important to tell the story of the cooperatives that have helped funnel more money toward the farmers and raise their standard of living. “It’s important to really understand how connected we are to the rest of the world through our purchases,” Bailey said, “for the public to understand how they buy and what they buy can help contribute” to efforts like eliminating poverty, creating sustainable businesses, and supporting education, health care and gender equality in developing nations. To that end, Amavida is hosting representatives of

The training targeted the Sidama Zone Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR/PHEM) focal persons

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September 10, 2012 Relief Food Update As of 6 September, dispatch of the fifth round of relief food (targeting 3.3 million people nationwide) is near completion at 95 per cent, including 96 per cent dispatched to areas covered by the Disaster Risk Management and Food Security Sector (DRMFSS), 93 per cent to WFP-covered areas and 96 per cent to areas covered by the NGO consortium Joint Emergency Operation (JEOP). Allocations for the sixth round (targeting 3.8 million people) are expected to start from 10 September 2012. The next Food and Non-Food Management Task Force Meeting takes place on 14 September 2012. For more information, contact:  wfp.addisababa@wfp.org  Health Update At the national level, a total of 53,550 cases of malaria were reported along with 10 confirmed deaths (Case Fatality Rate of 0.01 per cent) during the previous week. Some 95 per cent of the cases occurred in three regions: SNNPR (47 per cent), Amhara (26 per cent); and Oromia (22 per cent

Sidama Coffee is still in the hunt of a new head coach to replace departing head coach ZelalemShiferaw.

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Former Sebeta head coach now with Amhara Water Works FC is in the buildup of a side capable enough to become promoted into the Premier League at the end of the coming season. Sidama Coffee is still in the hunt of a new head coach to replace departing head coach ZelalemShiferaw.   Last year’s National League semi finalist Dereje Belay has now taken over at Amhara Water Works FC, a side determined to be promoted at the end of this season. They have a fresh commitment to joining the Premier League because Amhara Region currently has no club at the upper tier fixture. Given a substantial players’ transfer budget, Dereje known for his honesty, is already busy convincing players to join his side, including players well experienced at the Premier League. Former TikurAbay, Mugher Cement and Harar Brewery attacking midfielder Daniel Ayalewis was among the first big fish lured to join Amhara Water Works. Daniel signed a two year contract for two seasons taking home a 310,000 Birr signin

Hailemariam would become the Premier with three Deputy Prime Ministers

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By awrambatimes,    Coming under pressure from different corners and mainly from the international community, TPLF had no choice left but to cave in to their demands including to the ones that are coming from its surrogate groups and various sections of the society. There are rumors that a final deal has been reached to an arrangement in which Hailemariam Desalegn would become the PM and there would be three Deputy Prime Ministers (DPM’s).   Accordingly, Girma Birru of OPDO is mentioned as the frontrunner for the DPM position in charge of economic affairs and all the ministries in this sector report to him. They include ministries of industry, trade, finance and economic development, agriculture, mines, transport, information and communication technology, science and technology, and energy and water development. Demeke Mekonnen of ANDM is likely to take the DPM position with social sector portfolio with the ministries such as education, health, social and labor, women, y

በኢትዮጵያ የኢኮኖሚ እድገቱን ሊደግፍ የሚችል የቴክኖሎጂ ሽግግርና አቅም ለመገንባት እየተደረገ ያለው ጥረት አበረታች ውጤት አስገኝቷል ኣቶ ደሴ ዳልኬ

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አዲስ አበባ መስከረም 1/2005 በኢትዮጵያ የኢኮኖሚ እድገቱን ሊደግፍ የሚችል የቴክኖሎጂ ሽግግርና አቅም ለመገንባት እየተደረገ ያለው ጥረት አበረታች ውጤት እያሰገኘ መሆኑን የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ሚኒስትሩ ገለጹ። ሚኒስትሩ አቶ ደሴ ዳልኬ ለኢዜአ እንደተናገሩት ኢትዮጵያ ውጤታማ የሆኑ የውጭ ቴክኖሎጂዎችን በፍጥነት የመማር የማላማድ እና የመጠቀም አቅሟም በየጊዜው እየተሻሻለ ይገኛል።  የአገሪቱን ልማት ሊደግፍ የሚችል ውጤታማ የሆነ ቴክኖሎጂ በማፈላለግና ወደ አገር ውስጥ በማስገባት ሂደት እስካሁን የተኙት ውጤቶችም አበረታች መሆናቸውን ሚኒስትሩ ተናግረዋል። ሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ በድህነት ቅነሳና ላይ ያለውን አስተዋጽኦ በመገንዘብ ባለፉት ሁለት አመታት ዘርፉ የአገሪቱን ኢኮኖሚ የሚደግፍ እንዲሆን የተደረገው ጥረትም ስኬታማ እንደነበር ጠቅሰዋል። ኢትዮጵያ መካከለኛ ገቢ ካላቸው አገራት ተርታ ለመሰለፍ እያደረገች ካለው ጥረት ጋር የሚጣጣም የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ አቅም እንዲገነባ ልዩ ትኩረት መሰጠቱንም ሚኒስትሩ አስረድተዋል። አዳዲስ ቴክኖሎጂን የማፈላለግ የማስገባትና የመጠቀም አቅምን ለማዳበር የሚያስችሉ የአሰራር ስርዓቶች በመዘርጋታቸው ቴክኖሎጂን በማዛመድ በመቅዳትና ረገድ ጥሩ ጅምሮች እየታዩ ስለመሆኑም ጠቅሰዋል።  እንደ ሚኒስትሩ ገለጻ በተለይ ባለፉት ሁለት አመታት ቴክሎጂን አስመስሎ በመስራት ከውጭ የሚገቡትን በአገር ውስጥ በማስቀረት ረገድ ጠንካራ አቅም እየተገነባ ነው። የአገሪቱ ኢኮኖሚ የሚፈልገውን የላቀ ክህሎት ያላቸው ቴክኒሻኖች፣መሃንዲሶችና ሳይንቲስቶች ለማፍራት የሚያግዙ የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ ተቋማት የማደራጀቱ ስራም ተጠናክሮ መቀጠሉን ገልጸዋል። በከፍተኛ ትምህርት ተቋማት ውስጥ የተማሪዎች ቅበላ ከአገሪቱ የሳይንስና ቴክኖሎጂ የሰው ሃይል ልማት