Africa-Press – Ethiopia. The activities initiated to ensure food sovereignty play a significant role in avoiding dependency and covering humanitarian needs independently, Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commissioner Shiferaw Teklemariam said.
The Ethiopian Disaster Risk Management Commission has begun providing capacity-building training for professionals drawn from the central and regional representative institutions at the African Leadership Excellence Academy.
While emphasizing the natural advantages of the country, the Commissioner noted that Ethiopia is blessed with abundant natural resources and favorable environmental conditions.
However, the country has been associated with aid dependency due to the failure to effectively harness its potential and turn it into tangible benefits, he stressed.
Since the reform, the government has been implementing a range of encouraging agricultural development initiatives aimed at abolishing dependency and achieving food sovereignty, Shiferaw elaborated.
He also pointed out that the activities that have been carried out under “humanitarian aid through self-reliance” are helping to change the mindset and practices of dependency.
The Commissioner urged all stakeholders to properly understand and implement the process, stressing the need for collective action to ensure its success.
According to him, the two-day training will provide a platform to explore ways of maximizing the use of local resources and building strong institutional capacity to achieve self-sufficiency.
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