Ethiopia Suffers in Poverty

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1.0 Introduction

Ethiopia is located in east Africa; it is bordered by Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea. Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world with 38 per cent of the 86 million inhabitants below the poverty line.

2.0 Methods of Research

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3.0 Statement of findings

3.1 Food production in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s economy is made up of mainly agriculture; 80%-85% of all Ethiopians are employed in agriculture particularly farming. 60% of output from agriculture is crops; Ethiopia cultivates a large variety of crops which consist of cereals, corn, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, soybean, chick peas, coffee, tea, tobacco, banana, orange, grape, lemon, onion, tomato, carrot, mango, apple, pineapple, avocado, cabbage, potato and many more. It is predicted that around 16.5 million hectares of land is used to grow...

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