Worancha ወራንቻ

በቶፊቅ ተማም     የኢትዮጵያ መንግሥት በተለይ ከቅርብ ጊዜ ወዲህ የዕድገትና ትራንስፎርሜሽን ዕቅዱ አንድ አካል በማድረግ የጀመረው ሰፋፊና ለም የእርሻ መሬቶችን ለውጭ አገር ባለሀብቶች በስፋት መስጠት መጀመሩ, ከተለያዩ አቅጣጫዎች ተቃውሞ ካስነሱበት የኢኮኖሚ ዕርምጃዎች አንደኛው ሆኖ በመዝለቅ ላይ የሚገኝ ነው፡፡ ተቃውሞው ከተለያዩ አካላት እንደቀጠለ ቢገኝም፣ በመንግሥት በኩል ያሉ ቅሬታዎችን ከመፍታት ይልቅ የሚነሱት ችግሮች በአብዛኛው መሠረት ቢስ ናቸው ሲል እየሞገተ ነው፡፡ በሁለቱ ወገኖች መካከል ያለው ልዩነት ርቀት በጣም እየሰፋ ከመጣ የቆየ ሲሆን፣ መንግሥት ትችቶችን በተለመለከተ በሚያቀርበው ምክንያት በኢትዮጵያ እየተካሄደ ያለው ልማት የማያስደሰታቸው አካላት ትችት ነው ሲል ቢያጣጥልም፣ ችግሮች ከጊዜ ወደ ጊዜ እየተባባሱ መምጣታቸውን ቀጥለዋል፡፡ መንግሥት ሰፋፊ የእርሻ መሬቶችን በውጭ ባለሀብቶች እንዲለሙ የማድረጉ አቅጠጫ ዋነኛ ዓላማ አገሪቱ ካላት 112 ሚሊዮን ሔክታር ውስጥ ከ 60 እስከ 70 ሚሊዮን ሔክታር የሚሆነው ተስማሚ የሆነ ቴክኖሎጂና አመራር ቢያገኝ ሊለማ የሚችል መሆኑን ታሳቢ በማድረግ ነው፡፡ ይህንንም ለማሳካትና ሰፊ መሠረተ ልማትና ሰፊ የሆነ ካፒታል የሚጠይቅ በመሆኑ፣ እነዚህን ሰፋፊ መሬቶች ለማልማት የሚያስችል ካፒታል፣ ዕውቀትና ከፍተኛ አቅም ላላቸው ባለሀብቶች የአገሪቱን ድንግል መሬት (Prime Soil) በቅናሽ ዋጋ በሊዝ በማከራየት ለባለሀብቶች ቢሰጥም፣ የባለሀብቶቹ ኢንቨስትመንት የታሰበውን ያህል ውጤታማ ሊሆን አልቻለም፡፡ ለዚህም ማሳያ የሚሆነው ሰፋፊ የእርሻ መሬቶችን ወስደው ወደ ሥራ ከገቡት መካከል ብዙ የተባለላቸው የቻይና፣ የህንድና የሳዑዲ ኩባንያዎች ያስመዘገቡት ውጤት አናሳ መሆኑ ሲሆን፣ ለዚህም ካሩቱሪ

Weak negotiating capacity of exporters and poor product quality are identified by the Ministry for the low performance of the industry. The international market has continued to witness a sustained downward trend in the price of coffee, Ethiopia’s flagship export item, for nearly three years now.  Figures from the International Coffee Organisation’s (ICO) composite price indicator show that there was a recorded 33pc drop in August 2013. Thus, a kilogramme of coffee was traded at 2.6 dollars, as opposed to the 3.6 dollars a year ago. A major reason why developing countries are unable to benefit from trade is their lack of capacity to produce and market, says an assessment conducted by the ICO in 2013. This slump in prices has deeply affected coffee producers, as well as exporters in Ethiopia. For Mormora Coffee Growers & Exporters Association, one of the major exporters, the situation has been worrisome throughout the last six months of the 2013/14 fiscal year, with the p

There is little dispute over the major economic achievements of the ruling Developmental Democrats, whose latest dissociation from the prefix ‘revolutionary’ has created a wildfire of speculation and analyses within the politically active population of the nation. Their commitment in transforming the nation’s economy from its war-torn state to stability is well recorded within all the available public records. International institutions continue to provide them with recognition, having reduced the volatility of the economy by virtue of strengthening its fundamentals. Macroeconomic analyses released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) since 2003/04, for instance, acclaim the state under the Developmentalists for the sound public finance management. A sound and resilient public finance management has played its part in the fast economic growth the country has witnessed under the Developmental Democrats. Of course, this does not mean that international institutions, be it th

comparative six-month performance of export items,2012/13 and 2013/14 fiscal years, in revenue Ever since the incumbent government, under the late Meles Zenawi, disclosed its five-year Growth & Transformation Plan (GTP) – proclaimed as rather ambitious by many members of the diplomatic community and representatives of international organisations based in Addis Abeba – it has been entertaining shortfalls in its lofty targets. No sector has been as disappointing for the administration – now presided over by Hailemariam Desalegn, who came to power following Meles’s unfortunate passing – however, than the export sector. Throughout the three years, there has been a sizeable gap between the level of achievement and the four billion dollar annual earnings target. As if to further this long standing disappointment, the recently released six month export performance for 2013/14 fiscal year by the Ministry of Trade led by Kebede Chane (pictured) has shown that the downsides have contin

Breaking News: Medrek Suspended UDJ, and Accepted Sidama Liberation Front as a Member According to an email communiqué from the leadership of the obscure political organization called Medrek – Medrek, on its 9th Congress held yesterday, unanimously suspended UDJ (Unity for Democracy and Justice) for undermining the activities Medrek while it unanimouslyaccepted the Sidama Liberation Front as a new member. In recent months, UDJ – now with all Amhara leadership – has aligned itself with the Amhara supremacist  Neftegna  group called the Blue Party. The suspension of UDJ from Medrek now officially makes UDJ a Northern-ethno-nationalist political group, while Medrek is largely a Southern-ethno-nationalist political group. Medrek is criticized by many for being organizationally weak, and the regime leaves no room of accommodation for Medrek; for instance, while UDJ holds rallies in its Amhara-base of the Ethiopian empire with the blessing of the TPLF regime, the obscure Medrek d