A woman sells handmade bread baskets around the Gofa area. Bakeries and factories across the country bemoan consistent shortages of wheat while the World Food Program (WFP) reports that up to 22 million Ethiopians are in need of food assistance. Three-quarters of the labour force is engaged in agriculture, and farmers still barely produce enough for self-sustenance. With the Ministry of Agriculture managing to procure only a third of the 1.3 million quintals of fertilizer required for the year, economists express concern over next year's food security.
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