The status, challenges, and prospects of agricultural production and productivity in Ethiopia: A review

Ethiopia is heavily dependent on its agricultural sector, which has suffered from recurrent droughts. Rapid population growth, change of arable land to urban expansion, climate change, unemployment, waterlogging in wetland areas, salinity arid and semi-arid, acidity high rainfall depletion natural resources are causing food shortages. Productivity performance the agriculture sector critical improvement overall economic well-being. Therefore, this article focused reviewing country’s current production productivity challenges opportunities. In addition that, status country were reviewed. The seminar mainly concentrated degradation deforestation, fragmentation, shortage farmland, unevenly distributed construction urbanization, lack integration among stakeholders, political instabilities, prospects. great opportunities, such as commercial farming investments cereals, cotton, fruit, vegetables, ornamental plants. also many opportunities areas livestock production. However, Ethiopia’s vegetable, for export very limited.