Critical Factors Hampering Agricultural Productivity in Ethiopia: The Case of Northern Ethiopian Farmers
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Yezihalem Tesfa Dagnaw, Instructor and Assistant Researcher, St. Mary’s University College P.O.Box 16229 Addis Ababa Ethiopia [email protected] Abstract Why we Ethiopians are celebrated for unforgettable images of chronically malnourished children with large skeletal heads clinging to their mothers dried up breasts? Why we are still forced to seek for food aid when there is ample local potential to feed ourselves? Why does drought, famine return almost every decade in Ethiopia?
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