EDITOR’S NOTE: These flower farms are fertilizer and water intensive, according to experts. Is it a wise policy to grow flower, instead of teff, corn and other edible crops, when millions of our people are facing death by starvation? Would a government that cares for its people do such a thing? The following is a propaganda piece by a Woyanne information outlet >>
Addis Ababa (Walta Woyanne Information Center) — Some 700 hectares of land has been granted to over 10 horticultural investors on the outskirts of Bahir Dar town during the past two months, according to Ethiopian Horticultural Producers and Exporters Association (EHPEA).
Association Chairman Tsegaye Abebe told WIC that the local and foreign investors are making preparations to begin exporting produces early next year.
The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise and Ethiopian Airlines have also begun furnishing Bahir Dar International Airport with various equipment that enable to smoothly undertake the export, Tsegaye added.
The efforts underway to extend the floriculture and horticulture industry to other parts of the country would further be implemented in Diredawa and SNNP State, it was revealed.
Apart from earning foreign currency and creating jobs, the sector would help promote the positive image of the country, the chairman noted.
Ethiopia, as compared to other countries with long-years experience, has been registering encouraging results in the sector, he further said,adding that the production volume of the current Ethiopian year has shown 30 to 40 percent increase as compared to the previous years.