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ETHIOPIA – The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), has opened the women’s fish-processing and trading unit in Ethiopia’s Kebele 13 district of Bahir Dar city to offer the local fishermen a place to receive, clean, and process fish as well as a market for trading fresh filleted fish, all in accordance with hygienic and sanitary standards. The building of…
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ETHIOPIA – Ethiopian Bio and Emerging Technology Institute (BETin) is receiving assistance from the Center of Excellence in Science, Technology, and Innovation of the African Union Development Agency-NEPAD (AUDA-NEPAD) to create a national genome editing communication plan. Experts in biotechnology and media have come together as part of the national strategy development effort, which also aims to institutionalize level experience…
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ETHIOPIA – The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)-funded Feed The Future Initiative, EatSafe: Evidence and Action Towards Safe, Nutritious Food, has crowned an idea to improve traditional processing of a staple Ethiopian product as the winner of a food safety challenge. In April, the program launched a call to apply for an innovation challenge to enable lasting improvements in…
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ETHIOPIA – A research conducted by EatSafe on “Consumer and Vendor Perspectives and Practices Related to Food Safety in Ethiopia” has revealed that there appears to be an alignment in the food safety-related practices and perspectives of consumers and vendors. To support EatSafe in Ethiopia by providing insights on prior research on food safety-related perspectives and practices among consumers and…
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ETHIOPIA – The federal government of Ethiopia has banned the promotion and advertisements of infant formula, due to the growing use of substitute formula undermining breastfeeding. With the Ethiopian Food & Drug Authority (EDFA) regulating the commercialization of breastmilk substitutes, any form of promotion using radio, TV and sponsored content is no longer allowed. The ban affects a market with…
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