Ethiopia earns $271 million from flower and horticulture export

Ethiopia earned 271 million U.S. dollars from the exports of flower and horticulture products during the just concluded 2016-17 Ethiopian fiscal year,  about 1.5% less than last Fiscal Year earnings, according to the Ethiopian horticulture and Agriculture Investment Authority.

The authority said, the revenue earned was 190 million U.S. dollars short of its initial target for the reported period. Export of flower holds the lion-share of the total 271 million U.S. dollars generated from the sector, with 218 million U.S. dollars. Other horticulture products, vegetable and fruits, accounted for the 53 million U.S. dollars generated.

Ethiopia is the second biggest flower exporter in Africa after Kenya. Most of Ethiopia’s flower and horticulture products are exported to Europe. Read more here

700,000 at Risk of Starvation in Ethiopia - Oxfam

Food insecurity in the Somali region of Ethiopia has worsened, putting 700,000 people on the verge of starvation, according to Oxfam International.

The humanitarian organization says that about 8.5 million people across the country face a high risk of hunger, a 30 percent increase since the beginning of the year.

Food shortages and hunger have led to displacement and negative coping mechanisms such as increases in child labor, early marriage and school dropouts, according to a recent joint report by the Ethiopian government and humanitarian partners. “Sex for food and child labor were reported in some woredas [districts],” the report said.

Much of Ethiopia is now in the midst of its lean season, and some people at risk have not received any food distributions since May.

“We’re not looking at a situation which will give respite until at least 2018 when you have a new harvest, and then maybe some food may come to the market,” Manish Kumar Agrawal, Oxfam’s humanitarian program manager in Ethiopia, told VOA in a phone interview. “Currently, we are going through the most difficult time, and, if the situation is not handled now, it can convert into a big catastrophe.”

The Famine Early Warning Systems Network, a U.S. government-funded monitoring body, said a lack of rainfall during the past year caused the food crisis. The group forecasts that, even if the October to December rainy season is plentiful, herders will continue to suffer because many animals have already died or stopped reproducing or giving milk.

FILE - A mother of 12 (center), who was displaced from her village due to drought, sits among a group of women in the town of Werder, in Ethiopia's Somali region, June 9, 2017.

More than $1B in aid needed

Agrawal said Ethiopia needs $1.25 billion in food, water and other life-saving assistance, but only 39 percent of requested funding has been met. He said Oxfam is prioritizing the most vulnerable people, including households with children under five, pregnant or breastfeeding women, and households headed by women.

“We are trying to do a very hardcore targeting, and we are going to go about those districts often and then trying to identify how best we can serve with our limited resources to the worst affected people,” said Agrawal.

Acute watery diarrhea continues to be a problem in the region, due in part to people being forced to drink water from unclean sources. About two months ago, Ethiopia had 32,000 cases, Agrawal said, nearly all in the Somali region.

“It’s gone down in the last couple of months, but the risk is still there. And there are really cases that are popping up every day in there, and the current situation, again, more than 10 million people don’t have a sustainable water supply system, and they are really facing acute water shortages,” he said.

The worst affected zones in Ethiopia’s Somali region are Dollo, Korahe, Afder and Jarar. Although the southern Somali region is the hardest hit, the southern Oromia region and the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region are also experiencing high levels of food insecurity. Read more here

Ethiopia is the hot new place in Africa

Ethiopia's highest mountain range, the Simiens, nurture an incredible array of native flora and fauna including animals like the gelada baboon, Ethiopian wolf and walia ibex. Scheduled to open in early 2017, a new luxury tented camp will complement basic facilities already available in the national park

CNN) — In the late 1950s, Ethiopian Airlines launched an advertising campaign in the Western media that touted the ancient kingdom as Africa’s “newest travel adventure.”

More than half a century later, the huge East African nation has yet to live up to that lofty billing. But it might not be much longer.

The sights, the scenery, the culture are already there. Ethiopian’s ancient orthodox Christianity has endowed the nation with thousands of churches and monasteries, some of them enshrined as UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

A succession of empire and kingdoms added medieval forts, palaces and tombs like the Gondar citadel and the towering stone stele of Axum.

From Lake Tana and the Blue Nile to the red-rock Gheralta Mountains, the arid Danakil Desert and the lush Omo Valley, the landscapes are astounding and incredibly varied. Ethiopia’s wildlife riches are also diverse, from typical African savannah animals in the south to unique indigenous creatures like the gelada baboon and Ethiopian wolf.

The missing ingredient has always been infrastructure — the kind of hotels, restaurants and service that tourism rivals like Kenya and South Africa mastered decades ago.

Bonga: Ethiopia’s epicenter of Arabica coffee — and so much more

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Ethiopia 1 Sudan 1

Walias of Ethiopia

Hawassa – Ethiopia and Sudan played to a 1-1 draw  in  the Total African Nations Championship (CHAN) Kenya 2018 first leg clash here today.

Saifeldeen scored for the Sudan first in the 76th minute and Abdurahman Mubarak leveled the score for Ethiopia seven minutes later. This was Mubarak’s first international goal.

The two teams will play the return leg match in Sudan next week.

Elsewhere in Nouakchott, Mauritania were held to a 2-2 draw by visiting Mali, in a game which saw all four goals in the first half.

Mandala Konte put Mali up in the opening minute before Abdoulaye Gaye converted a penalty to level matters on nine minutes. Samba Moussa ensured Mauritania went up for the first time on the quarter-hour mark only for Aboubacar Diarra to draw even on 21 minutes.

‘Les Etalons’ of Burkina Faso came from behind twice to hold neighbours Ghana to a 2-2 draw in Ouagadougou. The Black Stars went up on 14 minutes courtesy Sadick Adams from the spot.

Mohamed Sylla levelled for the Burkinabes on 55 minutes but their joy was cut short ten minutes later, when Gideon Waja restored Ghana’s lead. Ilasse Sawadogo grabbed the equalizer six minutes from time setting the stage for crucial duel in the return leg on Sunday, 20 August 2017, in Kumasi. Read more here

የሀገሪቱ ከአንድ ሚሊየን በላይ መሬት በጫት ተሸፍኗል - የኢትዮጵያ ወጣቶች ጫት ጋር ተላምደዋል

ጫት በአማራ ክልል ከሳምንታት በፊት ኒዮርክ ታይምስ ጋዜጣ የአፍሪካ የጥናት ተቋምን እና ከአዲስ አበባ ዮኒቨርሲቲ የምርምር ተቋም ባጠናቀረው መረጃ ግማሽ ያህሉ የኢትዮጵያ ወጣቶች ጫት ጋር እንደተላመዱ ገልጧል፡፡

ከብዙ የዓለም ሀገራት የሚበልጠው መሬትም የጫት ማሳ ሆኗል፡፡በአዲስ አበባ ዮኒቨርሲቲ የወጣ መረጃ እንደሚጠቁመው አሁን የሀገሪቱ ከአንድ ሚሊየን በላይ መሬት በጫት ተሸፍኗል፡፡ ጫት ከቡና ቀጥሎ ሁለተኛው የውጭ ምንዛሪ አስገኝ ተክል እንደሆነም ተገልጧል፡፡የጫት ተፈላጊነት እስከበዛ ድረስ ፣ጫት የጤፍ ማሳዎችን ሁሉ መያዙ አይቀርም፡፡

ጫት እንደ አማራ ክልል!!

ያማራው ክልል ሰፊ የለም መሬት እና የውሃማ አካላት ባለቤት ነው፡፡በዚህ በግብርና ምርት የሀገሪቱን ከፍተኛውን ምርት ይሸፍናል፡፡ አሁን አሁን አርሶአደሩ ፊቱን ክፉኛ ወደ ጫት ምርት አዙሯል፡፡ የጣና ዳርን ተከትሎ የባህርዳር ዙሪያ፣የደራ ፣የፎገራ ወዘተ አርሶአደሮች ጫትን የጓሮ አትክልታቸውን እየተው እያለሙት ነው፡፡የጎጃም ለምለም መሬቶችም በጫት ተሸፍነዋል፡፡በአዴት የጫት ገበያው ደርቷል፡፡

በሞጣ የጫት ገበያው ሙሉ በሙሉ ተቆጣጥሮት፣ጫት በየቦታው እንዳይቃም ተከልክሏል፡፡በምስራቁ የአማራው ክፍል ጫት ሲበዛ ይቃማል፡፡ ኒዮርክ ታይምስ ጋዜጣ፣ጫት በአማራ ክልል በተለይም በጎንደር እና በባህርዳር ባልተለመደ ሁኔታ ጥናቶችን ዋቢ አድርጎ ዘግቧል፡፡ ከክርስትና እና ከእስልምና ሀይማኖት አባቶች ባገኘሁት መረጃ ጫት እንዲቃም የሚደግፍ አንድም የእምነት አስተምህሮ የለም ብለውኛል፡፡

በእርግጥ ጫት መቃም በዓለም የጤና ድርጅት ከ 1980 ዓ/ም ጀምሮ እንደ ጎጂ ዕፅ ከተፈረጀ በኋላ የዓለም ገበያ እየተዘጋበት ነው፡፡በሳውዲ ጫት መቃም አደገኛ እፅ የመጠቀም ያህል ያስቀጣል፡፡በአሜሪካ እንደዚሁ፡፡እንግሊዝም ከሶስት ዓመት በፊት ጫት ወደ ሀገሯ እንዳይገባ ከልክላለች፡፡ የመን፣ጂቡቲ፣ሶማሊያ እና ኬኒያ ጫት በመቃም ይታወቃሉ፡፡ የየመን 90 በመቶ ወንድ ጫት ቃሚ ነው፡፡ጫት ለእነዚህ ሀገራት ውድቀት ሚናው የጎላ እንደሆነ መረጃዎች ያሳያሉ፡፡የመን ለመከልከል ብትሞክርም አልቻለችም፡፡

የኢትዮጲያ ጫት መዳረሻው ወደነዚህ አካባቢዎች ነው፡፡ግን እነዚህ ሀገራትም ቢሆንም ገባያቸውን ለመዝጋት እየተቃረቡ ስለሆነ የጫት ንግድ በሀገር ውስጥ መገደቡ አይቀርም፡፡ አማራ ክልል ከጫት ገቢ ምን ያህል ያገኛል? የክልሉ ገቢዎች ባለስልጣን እንደሚለው በአማራ ክልል ከሚመረተው ጫት 80% ለሀገር ውስጥ እና ለአካባቢ ፍጆታ ይውላል፡፡20% ብቻ ለውጭ ገበያ ይውላል፡፡ያ ሆኖም መደበኛ የገበያ ስርዓት ስለሌለው ከጫት በዓመት 10 ሚሊየን ብር እንኳ በቅጡ ማግኘት አይችልም፡፡

በ 2004 ዓ/ም የገቢዎች እና ጉምሩክ ባለስልጣን ጫት መቃም እንዳይበረታታ በጫት ላይ ተጨማሪ ታክስ 5% (excise tax) እንዲጣል ወስኗል፡፡ ነገር ግን ክልሉ ይህን ተግባራዊ እንኳ ማድረግ አልቻለም ከሰሞኑ ከመሞከሩ በስተቅር እርግጥ ሙከራው ጥሩ ነው፡፡ጫት በክልሉ ቃሚ እንጂ በጥፋቱ ልክ የስራ ዕድል አልፈጠረም፡፡ የጫት ገበያ በዘፈቀደ መሆኑ ለቁጥጥር አስቸጋሪ ሆኗል፡፡ የክልሉ ገቢዎች ባለስልጣን ጫት ላይ ተጨማሪ ታክሱን ከመተግበር ባለፈ፣ጫት በየቦታው እንዳይሸጥ እገድባለሁ ብሎ በ 2008 ዓ/ም ለአማራ ቴሌቪዝን ተናግሮ ነበር፡፡ግን እስካሁን ያለውን አላደረገም፡፡ጫት በየቦታው ተመርቶ፣በየቦታው እየተሸጠ ነው፡፡

የክልሉ የግብርና ቢሮ ጫት እንደተስፋፋ ቢገልፅም፣በምን ያህል ሄክታር መሬት ምን ያህል አርሶአደሮች እያመረቱት እንደሆነ የተጠናከረ መረጃ የለውም፡፡ብቻ ጫት በከፍተኛ ሁኔታ ውሃም ስለሚፈልግ የመስኖ ምርትን እየተሻማው ነው፡፡

ለአባይ ና ጣናም ጫት ስጋት ሆኗል፡፡ በጎንደር ዮኒቨርሲቲ የህክምና መምህር የሆኑት ዶክተር ብርሌው ተሾመ፣ እንደሚሉት ጫት በቅፅበት አነቃቅቶ ለድብርት ስለሚጋብዝ ለአዕምሮ ህመም መነሻ ነው ብለዋል፡፡ለሌሎች ሱሶችም ገፊ ነው፡፡ በአማኑኤል ሆስፒታል ካሉ የአዕምሮ ህሙማን ውስጥ 70% በጫት እና ተያያዥ ደባል ሱሶች እንደሆነ ጥናቶች ያሳያሉ፡፡ጫት በጊዜ ና በገንዘብ ላይ የሚያመጣው ጫናም ቀላል አይደለም፡፡

በመሆኑም ክልሉ ጫት ላይ የንግድ ስርዓቱን መገደብ፣የሚቃምበትን እና የሚመረትበትን ቦታ መወሰን እስካልቻለ ድረስ ወጣቶች ውሏቸውን ሁሉ ጫት ማሳ ላይ ማድረጋቸው አይቀርም፡፡ስራ አጥነትን ለመቀነስ፣አማራጭ የገቢ ማስገኛ ስራዎችን መንግስት ቀጠሮ ሳይሰጥ ሊሰራ ይገባል፡፡ ያለበለዚያ ጫት ተስፋ የመቁረጥ መደበቂያ ሆኖ መዝለቁ አይቀርም፡፡የሀይማኖት አባቶችም ማህበረሰባዊ ሀላፊነታቸውን እንዲወጡ ሁኔታው ያስገድዳቸዋል፡፡
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ባህር ዳር፡ ነሀሴ 8/2009 ዓ/ም (አብመድ)
ለህብረተሰብ ለውጥ እንተጋለን!!
የአማራ ብዙሃን መገናኛ ድርጅት
አማራ ቴሌቪዥን ፣በአማራ ራዲዮ እና በኤፍኤም ባህር ዳር 96.9 ዜናዎች እና ዝግጅቶች ዙሪያ ለሚኖርዎት ጥቆማና አስተያየት ለአማራ ቴሌቪዥን(ATV)፣ ለአማራ ራዲዮ(AR)፣ ለኤፍኤም ባህር ዳር 96.9 (FM) እና ለበኩር (AB) በማስቀደም በ8200 ማድረስ ይችላሉ፡፡

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