ADDIS ABABA (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A comprehensive digital map charting soil fertility in Ethiopia is proving an important tool in tackling the country’s low farm productivity, a challenge ...

A combination of land restoration activities can boost crop yields -- in some cases as much as 170 percent -- and soil carbon but increased runoff due to climate change and land-use change make ...

Agriculture, forestry and other land uses together account for about 62% of Africa rsquo;s greenhouse gas emissions. At the ...

The Tigray region, located in northern Ethiopia, has a history of civil wars and recurrent conflicts. In November 2020, a new violent conflict erupted. According to a recent study in the International ...

In July Ethiopians planted 350 million trees in a single day. This was part of the country’s national green legacy initiative to counter environmental degradation and climate change. The initiative ...

The Ministry of Agriculture reports that nationwide soil and water conservation efforts carried out with strong public participation are improving soil fertility and raising production. Climate change ...

Approximately 45% of Ethiopia’s coffee, the country’s main export, originates from natural forests. Credit: Noiz Stocker/Shutterstock. The board of the Climate Investment Funds (CIF) is supporting a ...

Four football fields of land degrade into desert every second. That equates to an area almost as large as Ethiopia each year.

WASHINGTON, July 30, 2018—The World Bank approved today a $100 million International Development Association (IDA)* credit in support of the Government of Ethiopia’s efforts to foster economic ...