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27 July 2020

Vets in Ethiopia remove 50 kg of plastic from cow’s stomach
After three hours of surgery, a team of six vets have removed 50 kg of plastic from a cow....

18 May 2018

Veris Investments, FrieslandCampina Invest in Holland Dairy Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA - Veris Investments and Royal FrieslandCampina have joined forces by investing in Holland Dairy PLC in Ethiopia....

12 January 2018

Ethiopian Govt Launches Projects to Develop Livestock, Fishery Sectors
ETHIOPIA - The Ethiopian government has recently assigned a US$470 million loan and donation agreement with the World Bank, of which a loan of US$170 million goes to the livestock and fishery resource development....

19 September 2017

Largest Ever Micro-insurance Payout Made to Ethiopian Pastoralists
ETHIOPIA - More than 2,250 pastoralists received insurance payouts following the extremely poor rains this year in southern Ethiopia....

11 August 2017

Drought-stricken Herders in Ethiopia Need Urgent Support
ETHIOPIA - Supporting herders to get back on their feet and preventing further livestock losses and suffering are crucial in drought-hit Ethiopia where hunger has been on the rise this year, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations...

26 July 2017

Ethiopia's Dairy, Meat Exports Surge
ETHIOPIA - The Ethiopian Meat & Dairy Industry Development Institute reported that the country generated 104 million dollars from meat, honey, wax, fodder products, and milk and dairy exports during the recently ended fiscal year....

05 May 2017

Red Cross Delivering Hay to Prevent Cattle Deaths
ETHIOPIA - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Ethiopian Red Cross Society (ERCS) are delivering hay to families affected by drought who have been displaced by violence in an effort to prevent the deaths of cattle the communities...

06 September 2016

MSD Animal Health Supports Young Veterinarian in Tropical Animal Health Research
ETHIOPIA - MSD Animal Health (known as Merck Animal Health in the US and Canada) today announced it will sponsor veterinarian, Wudu Temesgen Jemberu, who will present data on the economic impact of Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in Ethiopia at the combined...

20 January 2016

Ethiopia Faces El Niño Emergency as Livestock, Crops Lost
ETHIOPIA - The strongest El Niño weather episode in the last several decades has caused repeated crop failure, decimated livestock herds and driven some 10.2 million people across Ethiopia into food insecurity, the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation...

26 July 2013

Development Organisation Recognised for Cooperative Work
ETHIOPIA – Economic development organisation ACDI/VOCA has been recognised by the national government for efforts to develop agricultural cooperatives....

29 November 2011

Use Of Sheko Breed For Trypanotolerance
ETHOPIA - Between 15 and 17 November 2011, scientists, experts and development practitioners from the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, universities and non-governmental and international organisations gathered in Addis Ababa to share research results...

21 June 2011

Feed And Dairy Processing Expansion In Ethiopia
ETHIOPIA - As part of the Feed Enhancement for Ethiopian Development (FEED) project, ACDI/VOCA reports that Ethiopian cooperatives and consumers are fighting food insecurity and benefiting from new feed and dairy plants....

24 May 2011

Cold Storage Facilities For Small-Scale Dairy Farmers
ETHIOPIA - Dairy farmers with just a few cows, located in the more remote areas, have difficulties accessing cold storage facilities....

01 March 2011

Feed Technologies For Ethiopian Dairy Sector
ETHIOPIA - The Ethiopian Fodder Roundtable has been a useful forum for sharing ideas around feed development for livestock in Ethiopia. In late January it met to discuss a study commissioned by SNV Ethiopia which focused on identifying some promising...

30 November 2010

Calls To Set Up Ethiopian Dairy Board
ETHIOPIA - A first National Dairy Forum was organized this week in Addis Ababa. A diverse group of people, including scientists, experts, representative of farmer cooperatives and farmers from private sectors as well as NGO’s and international organisations...