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Addis Ababa - The humanitarian community in Ethiopia strongly condemns the killing of two humanitarian colleagues in the Amhara Region earlier this week.

Addis Ababa - Against a backdrop of multiple shocks, the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, today, signed the Participatory Agriculture and Climate Transformation Programme (PACT) grant agreement for US$ 106.54 million. The programme will support rural households to sustainably improve their incomes and food and nutrition security and help them build their resilience.

Poverty levels in Ethiopia reduced from 45.5 per cent in 1994 to 19 per cent in 2020. Despite the positive trend and the economic progress achieved over the years, poverty and food insecurity, as well as decent employment remain a challenge due to multiple crises affecting the country.

The agriculture sector in Ethiopia accounts for about 45 per cent of the country’s GDP and 90 per cent of its exports. Agriculture provides employment to approximately 80 per cent of the population, the majority of whom live in rural areas.

The country’s vulnerability to food insecurity is strongly linked to climate change.

Small-scale farmers, who produce the bulk of the country’s food, depend on rainfall to grow their crops. Unfortunately, due to increasingly unreliable rainfall and the escalating cost of inputs, their production capacity has been reduced significantly. The situation is made worse by their low coping capacities.

Two Ethiopian peacekeepers honoured posthumously at UN ceremony.