During a tour together with heads of the regional office of the sector by groups of 1,800 hectares of land in the Arsi zone, central Oromia region, Amente mentioned the successful implementation of several modern systems such as cluster farming, mechanized farming and the supply of inputs for the process of grain cultivation.
Currently, she added, Ethiopia harvests an average of 36 quintals of wheat per hectare, which is the average rate of production at international level. She added that more than four million hectares of wheat per hectare are harvested in Africa.
The application of these innovations allows exporting wheat abroad and receiving attention in Africa, in addition to starting the path to freeing the sector from dependence on rainfall and being able to produce three times a year, he stressed.
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