Ethiopia, 3 January 2025 The Steering Committee of Somali Regional State’s Wheat Value Chain Development Project on Friday approved a $4,365,545 (678 million birr) budget for 2026 fiscal year, a move seen as significant for boosting cereal production and enhancing food security in the federal state.<\/p>\n
The project, implemented under the state’s Bureau of Agriculture, focuses on improving wheat output through the use of modern, scientifically validated farming techniques.<\/p>\n
The meeting approving the budget and work plan was attended by officials from partner institutions involved in the project in Jigjiga.<\/p>\n
The committee also reviewed the previous year\u2019s performance report.<\/p>\n
Deputy Minister of Agriculture Abdirahman Nur Mohamed said the project\u2019s main objectives include improving wheat production, increasing yields, and enhancing climate resilience. He added that the initiative also aims to strengthen food security, raise farmers\u2019 incomes, and protect the environment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Ethiopia, 3 January 2025 The Steering Committee of Somali Regional State’s Wheat Value Chain Development Project on Friday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":805,"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-804","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\/804","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=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/805"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}