Tangible Results Registered in Ensuring Lasting Peace, Dev’t, Says Government Communication Service

Addis Ababa, May 16, 2025 (ENA) --- Government Communication Service State Minister Tesfahun Gobezay said tangible outcomes have been registered in increasing productivity, ensuring sustainable peace and development during the Ethiopian fiscal year.

Briefing the media today, the state minister noted that the government has shown its firm commitment to peace by encouraging fighters to return to peace.

Alongside its strong commitment for peace, the government is also carrying out effective law enforcement measures to protect peace and security of citizens from groups that reject the peace call.

In its endeavors to realize Ethiopia’s inclusive prosperity, the government has been registering tangible results in agriculture, manufacturing, tourism, and digital technology.

With respect to ensuring food sovereignty, the state minister noted that wheat cultivation through irrigation, the Bounty of Baskets initiative, among others, have been carried out, registering results in leaps and bounds.

Some 3.4 million hectares of land was covered with summer wheat yielding over 66 million quintals.

He also added that 2.2 million hectares of land was cultivated with spring wheat, 235,000 hectares with cluster farming.

To enhance production and productivity and achieve food self-sufficiency, the government is working with special attention to improving the supply of fertilizers and the distribution of high-quality seeds.

Accordingly, 1.3 billion USD was allocated for the purchase of fertilizers, and the government has subsidized 84 billion Birr for the 2017/18 Ethiopia’s crop season.

The Made in Ethiopia Movement has enhanced production and international competitiveness of manufacturing industries, he said, adding that the country has been able to substitute 10.34 billion USD worth of foreign products in the past three years.

Moreover, the government has made the tourism sector an economic priority area and has been able to renovate the existing tourist destinations and build new ones, he further elaborated, saying that the tourist flow has increased.

Furthermore, to boost conference tourism, the government has successfully developed existing tourist destinations and built new ones as the country has successfully hosted 84 international conferences, attracting more than 30,000 foreign nationals and 171,000 Ethiopians in the past 10 months alone.

Ethiopia is hosting 8 international conferences in May alone, the Ethiopian Technology Exhibition / ETEX 2025, the ID4 Africa Annual Conference, and the 20th International Labor Organization Continental Conference among them.