Addis Ababa, October 28, 2023 (FBC) – Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (PhD) and his delegation arrived in Afar region this morning to review development initiatives and to officially launch summer wheat production in the region, the Office of the Prime Minister confirmed.
In Dubti Woreda, the community is getting prepared to cultivate summer wheat on 8,000 hectares of land. Nationally, we are preparing to cultivate 3mil hectares of summer wheat this year, it was mentioned.
Commonly known for pastoralism and prior sidelined in provision of agricultural inputs, the Afar region is now progressing greatly in national agricultural productivity of wheat, cotton, bananas and many other goods.