Ethiopia, 12 January 2026 Authorities in Ethiopia\u2019s Somali Regional State have officially launched the rice harvest at the West Godey Irrigation Project, signalling a major step in the region\u2019s strategy to shift from humanitarian dependency to agricultural self-sufficiency.<\/p>\n
The harvesting activities began Sunday in the Ber\u2019ano district, where officials gathered to witness the collection of rice from an initial 35-hectare plot. The project, managed by the regional Bureau of Agriculture, is part of a larger first-phase operation covering 150 hectares of land currently dedicated to both rice and wheat production.<\/p>\n
Regional leaders and representatives from the Prosperity Party described the initiative as a cornerstone of their efforts to tackle chronic food insecurity. By expanding irrigated farming in the arid lowlands, the government aims to reduce the territory’s long-standing reliance on foreign food aid and stabilize local markets through increased domestic supply.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ethiopia, 12 January 2026 Authorities in Ethiopia\u2019s Somali Regional State have officially launched the rice harvest at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":18476,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[63,1100,1104,854,1102,1107,1109,1106,1098,1096,1101,1103,1108,1105,1094,302,83,1099,1028,1095,321,262,65,1097,96,261],"class_list":{"0":"post-19289","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-ethiopia","8":"tag-africa","9":"tag-african-business","10":"tag-african-culture","11":"tag-african-development","12":"tag-african-economy","13":"tag-african-education","14":"tag-african-entertainment","15":"tag-african-healthcare","16":"tag-african-media","17":"tag-african-news","18":"tag-african-politics","19":"tag-african-society","20":"tag-african-sports","21":"tag-african-technology","22":"tag-analysis","23":"tag-breaking-news","24":"tag-business","25":"tag-continental-news","26":"tag-current-affairs","27":"tag-dawan-africa","28":"tag-east-africa","29":"tag-economy","30":"tag-ethiopia","31":"tag-horn-of-africa","32":"tag-news","33":"tag-politics"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}