Ethiopia's farmers fight devastating drought with land restoration

Ethiopia has confirmed its commitment to restore its degraded lands to improve food security and biodiversity. Now, it's looking to the private sector for support

Ethiopia is in the midst of the worst drought in 50 years. Famine and malnutrition have now spread to 443 of the country's 750 districts. Earlier this month, the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), called Ethiopia's condition "a deteriorated humanitarian situation".

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