Topic > Ethiopia suffers from poverty - 616

1.0 Introduction Ethiopia is located in East Africa; it borders Sudan, Kenya, Somalia, Djibouti and Eritrea. Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in the world with 38% of the 86 million inhabitants below the poverty line.2.0 Research methodsThe search engines I used are secondary sources, the websites I used are sources reliable because they were created and written by organizations or experts in that area. I have collected key information from these sources and put them into points.3.0 Statement of Findings3.1 Food Production in Ethiopia Ethiopia's economy is mainly made up of agriculture; 80%-85% of all Ethiopians are employed in agriculture, particularly livestock farming. 60% of agricultural production consists of crops; Ethiopia grows a wide variety of crops which consist of cereals, maize, wheat, barley, oats, sorghum, soybeans, chickpeas, coffee, tea, tobacco, banana, orange, grapes, lemon, onion, tomato, carrot, mango, apple, pineapple, avocado, cabbage, potato and many others. It is expected that around 16.5 million hectares of land will be used for cultivation...