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| Chapter VIII |
| Encouraging Agriculture Nov. 21, 1963 |
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| Haile Selassie the First - November 21, 1963 |
... Agriculture, the backbone of the nation's economy, has received its
proper share of attention in Our Government's planning. Intensive efforts
are being made to improve farming techniques. The cotton project at
Tendaho is moving out of the experimental stage. Enlarged veterinary
services will improve the quality of Ethiopia's cattle, thus multiplying many
times over the wealth which exists in the country's livestock population
and a new slaughterhouse is going into production near Shashamanne to
take advantage of this potential. A Co-ordinated locust control project,
undertaken in common with neighbouring countries, promises to reduce, if
not immediately to eliminate entirely, the ravages which this insect pest has
inflicted in the past upon Ethiopia's crops. Grain storage facilities are
being constructed whcih will serve to guard against the economic and
social disturbances which arise when shortages occur. Measures will
shortly be proposed to Parliament for action to be taken to preserve, for
the benefit of present and future generations, the nation's forests which
are not only valuable in themselves as a source of wood, but act as
nature's guardian against the forces of erosion, which, unchecked, can
transform fertile areas into barren and sterile desert ....
proper share of attention in Our Government's planning. Intensive efforts
are being made to improve farming techniques. The cotton project at
Tendaho is moving out of the experimental stage. Enlarged veterinary
services will improve the quality of Ethiopia's cattle, thus multiplying many
times over the wealth which exists in the country's livestock population
and a new slaughterhouse is going into production near Shashamanne to
take advantage of this potential. A Co-ordinated locust control project,
undertaken in common with neighbouring countries, promises to reduce, if
not immediately to eliminate entirely, the ravages which this insect pest has
inflicted in the past upon Ethiopia's crops. Grain storage facilities are
being constructed whcih will serve to guard against the economic and
social disturbances which arise when shortages occur. Measures will
shortly be proposed to Parliament for action to be taken to preserve, for
the benefit of present and future generations, the nation's forests which
are not only valuable in themselves as a source of wood, but act as
nature's guardian against the forces of erosion, which, unchecked, can
transform fertile areas into barren and sterile desert ....
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