Worancha ወራንቻ

S heep rearing is an important part of livestock production in Ethiopia and sheep milk could offer additional nutritional and income benefits for the country’s smallholder farmers. Currently, sheep production in Ethiopia generates household income through the sale of live animals, provides meat (animal protein) for families, manure for fertilizing cropping land and meets socio-economic needs. Sheep and sheep products are also exported to provide much needed foreign exchange for the country.But, despite its socio-economic  importance, the role of sheep as a source of milk is not well developed in the country. On the other hand, some areas of the country are, however,  now paying attention to sheep’s role in providing milk. In the Sidama highlands of southern Ethiopia, sheep not only provide meat but are also being used for milk production. According to farmers in the Gonjebe peasant association of Bensa District, sheep milk is being used by the elderly (when mixed with coffee) and

Abstract:  In Sidama, agroforestry represents land-use systems with deliberate management of multipurpose trees and shrubs that grow in intimate association with annual and perennial agricultural crops and/or livestock. The interaction of microbiota with the trees, shrubs and crops make the system fertile, productive and sustainable. One of the beneficial microbiota which has symbiotic association with most of the plants in agroforestry is arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF). In November and December of 2012, root and rhizosphere soil samples of 21 plant species from nine peasant associations (PAs)(villages within districts where 300-500 families live) were collected from the agroforestry practices in Sidama of Southern Ethiopia for the determination of diversity and abundance of AMF under selected soil parameters and plant species density. Findings on the diversity of AMF based on soil properties showed that at moderate to low P and N concentrations the rate of AMF root colonization

Courtesy: Industrial Parks Development Corporation, Ethiopia and Ethiopian News Agency An agreement has been signed to source, recruit and train 30,000 people in the  textile  and garment industry for the newly launched Hawassa Industrial Park in Ethiopia.   The agreement has been signed by four parties, viz. the Enterprise Partners, a programme of UK's Department for International Development (DfID),  Trade  and Industry Bureau of Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples Regional State (SNNPRS), Ethiopian Textile Industry Development Institute (ETIDI), and the Tenants' Association representing the manufacturers at park.   As per the agreement, beginning September 2016, people will be imparted on-the-job training over the next two and a half years. Around 80 per cent of the workforce is expected to be women.   The workforce would be selected through a process of informing, registering, orienting and pre-selection from potential recruitment areas within SNNPRS

Photo from Ethiopia Online በሀዋሳ የተገነባው የኢንዱስትሪ ፓርክ ዛሬ በይፋ ተመርቆ ተከፈተ። በኢንዱስትሪው ፓርክ የሚከናወነው የማምረት ስራ ወደ ውጭ የሚላከውን ንግድ በማሳደጉ ዘርፍ ላይ ከፍተኛ ሚና እንደሚኖረው በምረቃው ስነ ስርዓት ላይ የተገኙት ጠቅላይ ሚንስትር ኃይለማርያም ደሳለኝ አስታውቀዋል። ዝርዝር መረጃውን DW ላይ ያዳምጡ

Ethiopia has unveiled Africa’s largest industrial park in the city of Hawassa 275km southeast of the capital Addis Ababa – one of several it is building or planning to build all over the country. The project is inspired by China and the Hawassa Industrial Park (HIP) – like many equivalents in China – will be dedicated solely to just one sector, textile and apparel. At 1.3 million square meters it is the biggest in Africa and also the largest dedicated solely to export, said Zemdeneh Negatu, managing partner at Ernst and Young international consultancy firm. Speaking at the inaugural ceremony last week, Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn said the manufacturing sector’s share in Ethiopia’s gross domestic product (GDP) for many years stood at only 0.5 percent, showing the need for economic re-structuring if the country was to fulfil its economic promise. Ethiopia’s economy, despite a period of rapid economic growth, still largely depends on agriculture. Volatile commodity pri