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Ethiopia Intends to Achieve Food Production Self-Sufficiency

18:51, 24 July 2023

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According to a UN report dated back to May this year, more than 40% of people facing the world's acute food shortages live in just five countries: Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, parts of Nigeria and Yemen. In Ethiopia, 23.6 million people experience various forms of food insecurity.

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Ethiopia, which is on the list of the poorest countries in the world according to statistics, intends to achieve self-sufficiency in food production, said the Prime Minister of the African country Abiy Ahmed.

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