Addis Ababa, April 13, 2025 (FMC) – Ethiopia’s agriculture sector has been immensely contributing to the overall economic growth of the country, Minister of Agriculture Girma Amenti underscored.
The review of the third-quarter performance for the 2017 Ethiopian fiscal year took place with Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in attendance.
Minister of Agriculture, Girma Amenti noted that, during the past nine months, the agriculture sector has made substantial contributions to the country’s overall economic growth.
He pointed out that 20.5 million hectares of land has been covered with seeds over the past Mehir farming season, which has an increment of 3 million hectares compared to the previous year.
According to the minister, the nation has also produced 152 million quintals of wheat this year.
He disclosed that the agriculture sector is expected to contribute 6.1 percent to the country’s national growth plan, which stands at 8.4 percent.
The minister stated that the plan set in crop production has successfully been achieved over the past nine months.
Girma noted that the efforts made in livestock development, especially through the Bounty of the Basket initiative, have yielded significant successes, highlighting the impressive production levels achieved in milk, eggs, chicken, honey, and fish.
The positive achievement being recorded in agriculture sector has been contributing to easing coast of living and inflation, the minister pointed out.
Girma further stated that the agriculture sector has contributed to the nation’s export trade by enabling the country secure 2.6 billion USD over the past nine months.