Ethiopia plans to change its status from wheat importer to self-sufficient producer and exporterScientists from India and Ethiopia have teamed up to develop a dry-climate wheat system, and in May, the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) and the Ethiopian government initiated an ambitious $94 million Climate Resilient Wheat Value Chain Development (CREW) project. They also toured a sodic and saline micro-seeding facility used for screening genotypes under desirable salinity and salinity stress. The Climate Resilient Wheat Value Chain Development (CREW) project has a total budget of US$94 million. The African Development Fund, part of the African Development Bank Group, is providing a grant of US$54 million. Tags: wheat, Ethiopia, food security

Source: Ethiopian News June 14, 2024 15:04 UTC