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“We’ve got to ensure food sovereignty.”

Mar 4 , 2023.

Girma Amente (PhD), minister of Agriculture, told farmers in the Western Gojam Zone, Amhara Regional State, that Ethiopia should cease importing or relying on international aid to feed its people but harvest to meet domestic demands.


PUBLISHED ON Mar 04,2023 [ VOL 23 , NO 1192]


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