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Will Ethiopia’s record harvest finally transform into export earnings?

Open food market. Photo by Alex Hudson @ Unsplash
Open food market. Photo by Alex Hudson @ Unsplash

Michael Masrie

Michael Masrie is Best Pan-Africa Voice 2026, Award Winner journalist covering East Africa’s political economy across politics and policy, global markets, capital, and the digital economy.
  • Ethiopia records its largest agricultural harvest in history.
  • Markets, not production, will determine the reforms’ ultimate success.

 

ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA – Agriculture Minister Addisu Arega announced that Ethiopia harvested 1.3 billion quintals of agricultural produce during the 2025/26 fiscal year, the largest harvest on record.

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