Agricultural Commodities
Crops
Full texts on 25 priority corps, vegetables and fruits in the country with good market potential for Ethiopian farmers produced by institutions, projects and individuals are uploaded or linked on the subsequent sub pages in the crops menu. Resources for each commodity are grouped broadly under production, marketing, capacity building, and busienss services. Resources that cover a range of issues are shown in each of the areas addressed by the given resource.
Livestock
Full texts on Dairy and Beef cattle, sheep and goat, poultry, fish and apiary prepared by various institutions, projects and individuals are presented on the subsequent pages under livestock. Resources for each commodity are grouped broadly under production, marketing, capacity building, and business services.
Forest Products
Full texts on gum & incense, timber, bamboo and wild life are presented on this page.
Current Issues on general commodities
 The Central Statistical Agency (CSA) has been conducting annual agricultural sample surveys to provide the desired agricultural data to the government and other users. The major data items included in the survey are: Area, production and yield of crops; Land Utilization (crop area, grazing land, fallow land, Wood land); Farm management practices (quantity and type of inputs); Livestock (type, age, purpose); Selected livestock products (type and quantity); Selected demographic characteristics of agricultural holders and households.
World Development Report 2008: Agriculture for Development: With the last World Development Report on agriculture completed 25 years ago, it is necessary to redefine how agriculture can be used for development, taking account of the vastly different context of opportunities and challenges that has emerged. To do this, the Report—Agriculture for Development—addresses three main questions:...more
 The Federal Republic of Ethiopia- Food Security Strategy: This document updates the original 1996 Food Security Strategy by sharpening the strategic element to address food insecurity based on lessons learned to date: Summary of the strategy, and its essential elements like agricultural production, marketing and credit in pastoral areas; additional entitlement and/access to target programs; emergency capabilities; institutional strengthening and capacity building are enclosed in the document. 2002, (172kb, 38pp)
 Farmer Led Documentation-For Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management: It is increasingly clear that successful development of Sustainable Agriculture and Natural Resource Management depends on the effective interaction between knowledge and experiences of local farmer communities with expertise of development agents. Development organisations are therefore documenting and sharing local knowledge as an important part of the development process. more
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Agricultural Commodities