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Food & Beverage Manufacturer
posted by yeohiadaalyeohiadaal 160 days, 5 minutes ago
Thursday, December 15, 2011 5:59:08 PM GMT
Is there anything you think your food and beverage operation as well as your facility as a whole could do to improve the service provided to the customers? If so, explain what your facility could do to improve the “overall experience” for the customers. Meet with the Food and Beverage Director to review the past three months’ labor pro formas or other information summarizing staffing schedules and payroll costs for the service you have selected. Be sure to discuss any situations (holidays, special events... (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.ebitobi.com tags: beverage, Food, products, suppliers

Rising hunger in south Ethiopia despite lush green
published 270 days, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 270 days, 36 minutes ago
Saturday, August 27, 2011 5:28:47 PM GMT Saturday, August 27, 2011 5:27:58 PM GMT
Malnourished children are flocking into feeding centers in this forested corner of southern Ethiopia after a drought in East Africa extended into this normally fertile region. While the famine in southern Somalia has grabbed headlines, southern Ethiopia is teetering on the brink of a food crisis. The Ethiopian government says 250,000 people need food aid amid what the U.N. says is the worst drought in 60 years. An aid organization and agricultural officials say the number of people who need emergency foo... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | 1 comment | | source: news.yahoo.com tags: ethiopia, Food, food aid, Somalia

Ethiopia Gives Farmland to Foreigners While Thousands Starve
posted by adminadmin 293 days, 15 hours, 14 minutes ago
Thursday, August 04, 2011 2:49:56 AM GMT
It rises in Ethiopia's Shewa Highlands, and flows for 760 kms through terraced hillsides, volcanic outcrops and fertile grasslands as far as the world's greatest desert lake, Lake Turkana, in Kenya. The lower valley of the Omo River is believed by some historians to have been a cultural crossroads for thousands of years, where a vast diversity of migrating peoples have converged. Today, at least eight different tribes speaking six different languages (the Bodi (Me'en), Daasanach, Kara (or Karo), Kwegu (... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.huffingtonpost.co.uk tags: ethiopia, Food, Investment, land

Ethiopia needs $398 million for food aid
published 316 days, 10 hours, 56 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 316 days, 10 hours, 57 minutes ago
Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:08:37 AM GMT Tuesday, July 12, 2011 7:06:47 AM GMT
Ethiopia said Monday it needed $398 million to help millions of people in need of food aid due to a severe drought. The Horn of Africa region has been hit by one of its worst droughts in decades which has left millions of people facing starvation. "It is estimated that a total of 4.5 million people will require humanitarian assistance during the remaining period of the current year from July to December 2011," Agriculture Minister Mitiku Kassa told reporters. The figure marks a 40-percent ris (more)
Digg It category: Economy | 1 comment | | source: old.news.yahoo.com tags: ethiopia, Food, food aid, mitiku kassa, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia inflation climbs to 34.7 pct yr/yr in May
published 343 days, 12 hours, 59 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 343 days, 13 hours, 2 minutes ago
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:05:01 AM GMT Wednesday, June 15, 2011 5:02:32 AM GMT
Ethiopia's year-on-year rate of inflation jumped to 34.7 percent in May from 29.5 percent a month earlier, driven by a sharp rise in food prices, official data showed on Tuesday. Food prices rose 40.7 percent during the 12 months to the end of May, while the cost of tobacco increased 39.7 percent and clothing and footwear prices were up 34 percent, the Central Statistical Agency said in a statement. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: af.reuters.com tags: Addis Ababa, economy, ethiopia, Food, inflation

Ethiopia's Commercial Growth Video by CNN
published 369 days, 13 hours, 59 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 369 days, 14 hours ago
Friday, May 20, 2011 4:05:03 AM GMT Friday, May 20, 2011 4:04:01 AM GMT
Ethiopia's Commercial Growth Video by CNN (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.diretube.com tags: agriculture, ECX, eleni gebremedhin, Ethiopia economy, Food

La Nina threatens 2 million Ethiopians with drought
published 387 days, 11 hours, 38 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 387 days, 12 hours, 4 minutes ago
Monday, May 02, 2011 6:26:14 AM GMT Monday, May 02, 2011 6:00:23 AM GMT
More than two million Ethiopians are in need of food aid due to drought caused by one of the worst La Nina weather phenomenon in a decade, the United Nations said. Skip related content La Nina, which was blamed for Australia's floods this year, is an abnormal cooling of waters in the Pacific Ocean that wreaks havoc with weather patterns across the Asia-Pacific region, and has brought poor rains to the Horn of Africa. The U.N. humanitarian affairs office (UNOCHA) said the March-May rainy season had larg... (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: uk.news.yahoo.com tags: Addis Ababa, ethiopia, Food, food aid, la nina

Al-Amoudi to invest $2.5b in Ethiopia farm
published 425 days, 13 hours, 40 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 425 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes ago
Friday, March 25, 2011 4:24:06 AM GMT Friday, March 25, 2011 4:13:02 AM GMT
Saudi Star Agri-cultural Development Plc, a food company owned by Sheikh Mohammed Al-Amoudi, said it plans to invest $2.5 billion by 2020 developing a rice-farming project in Ethiopia. The company, based in Addis Ababa, leased 10,000 hectares (24,711 acres) in Ethiopia’s western Gambella region for 60 years at a cost of 158 birr ($9.42) per hectare annually, Chief Executive Officer Haile Assegide said in an interview on March 18. It plans to rent an additional 290,000 hectares from the government, he sa... (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: nazret.com tags: agriculture, Al Amoudi, business, Food, food aid, Gambella, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia at centre of global farmland rush
published 429 days, 11 hours, 22 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 429 days, 11 hours, 46 minutes ago
Monday, March 21, 2011 6:42:15 AM GMT Monday, March 21, 2011 6:18:23 AM GMT
Karmjeet Sekhon, project manager for Indian food company Karuturi Global, with crops in Ethiopia's Gambella province. Photograph: John Vidal for the Guardian It's the deal of the century: £150 a week to lease more than 2,500 sq km (1,000 sq miles) of virgin, fertile land – an area the size of Dorset – for 50 years. Bangalore-based food company Karuturi Global says it had not even seen the land when it was offered by the E... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.guardian.co.uk tags: Ethiopian news, Food, Gambella, india, Investment, Oil

Silence over Ethiopian land grab broken
published 460 days, 13 hours, 11 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 460 days, 13 hours, 39 minutes ago
Friday, February 18, 2011 4:53:19 AM GMT Friday, February 18, 2011 4:25:27 AM GMT
A Saudi Arabian investor has broken the culture of silence surrounding a widely criticized farmland acquisition by foreign investors in Ethiopia, which had hitherto been met with considerable silence. The investor’s comments come as his company, Saudi Star Agriculture Development Plc, awaits a decision from the Ethiopian Agriculture Ministry to expand his farmland from 10,000 hectares to 250,000 hectares. Accusations of massive "land grabbing" activities have attracted little or no response from governme... (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.afrik-news.com tags: Al Amoudi, eprdf, Food, Gambella, news about ethiopia

Room at Tutu’s top Ethiopian table
posted by adminadmin 474 days, 12 hours, 13 minutes ago
Friday, February 04, 2011 5:51:25 AM GMT
Award winning Ethiopian restaurateur Tutu Melaku is looking for help to expand her thriving business. The founder and owner of Tutu’s Ethiopian Table currently serves up authentic dishes from her home country at the Global Café, at RISC, in London Street, Katesgrove. But the 43-year-old is now looking for another venue to host her cooking or to open up her own restaurant. Ms Melaku said: “RISC is a good place to work and I’m going to keep it as it is at the moment but it would be great if I could find... (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: www.getreading.co.uk tags: business, Diaspora, ethiopia, ethiopia culture, ethiopian restaurant, Food, Tutu melaku

Mega irrigation project on Omo River planned
published 481 days, 10 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 481 days, 11 hours, 27 minutes ago
Friday, January 28, 2011 7:29:11 AM GMT Friday, January 28, 2011 6:37:21 AM GMT
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi has announced plans to start an irrigation project on the trans-boundary Omo River. The announcement comes in spite of an unresolved contention raised over the government’s Gibe III Hydropower Project, which is currently underway to generate 1800MW. Analysts argue that Ethiopia should negotiate with countries like Kenya and Egypt before embarking on such projects. Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi who appeared at a ceremony in Jinka, a town in the Southern Nation... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: www.afrik-news.com tags: agriculture, economy, Electric Power, Food, irrigation, Meles Zenawi

የአትክልት ተራ ነጋዴዎች በራሳቸው ተነሳሽነት የዋጋ ተመን አወጡ
published 491 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 491 days, 12 hours, 3 minutes ago
Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:01:34 AM GMT Tuesday, January 18, 2011 6:00:57 AM GMT
የአትክልት ተራ ነጋዴዎች በፈቃዳቸው የዋጋ ተመን አወጡ፡፡ በ16 ያህል የምርት ዓይነቶች ላይ የወጣው የዋጋ ተመን ዝርዝር ባለፉት ቀናት በአትክልት ተራ፣ አትክልትና ፍራፍሬ ነጋዴዎች ሱቆች ላይ ተለጥፎ ሲሠራበት የቆየ ሲሆን፣ የአዲስ ከተማ ክፍለ ከተማን መነሻ አድርጐ በሁሉም ክፍለ ከተሞች ተግባራዊ እንደሚደረግ ነጋዴዎቹና የአዲስ ከተማ ክፍለ ከተማ ባለፈው ዓርብ በሰጡት የጋራ ጋዜጣዊ መግለጫ አስታውቀዋል፡፡ ለአትክልትና ፍራፍሬዎቹ የወጣው የዋጋ ተመን ገበሬውንም እንዳይጐዳ፣ ነጋዴውንም እንዳያስቸግር ተደርጐ የተዘጋጀ እንደሆነ የነጋዴዎቹ ወኪሎች ገልጸው፣ ዋጋ መለወጥ በሚያስፈልግበት ወቅትም ከሚመለከታቸው አካላት ጋር በመመካከር የሚሻሻል እንደሆነ ለማወቅ ተችሏል፡፡ (more)
Digg It category: Business | comment | | source: ethiopianreporter.com tags: business, Ethiopian news, Food, news about ethiopia

Ethiopian PM warns Egypt off Nile war - International Business Times
published 543 days, 21 hours, 41 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 543 days, 21 hours, 44 minutes ago
Friday, November 26, 2010 8:23:11 PM GMT Friday, November 26, 2010 8:20:02 PM GMT
Egypt could not win a war with Ethiopia over the River Nile and is also supporting rebel groups in an attempt to destabilise the Horn of Africa nation, Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said in an interview. Egypt, Ethiopia and seven other countries through which the river passes have been locked in more than a decade of contentious talks driven by anger over the perceived injustice of a previous Nile water treaty signed in 1929. Under the original pact Egypt is entitled to 55.5 billion cubic metre... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.ibtimes.com tags: egypt, ethiopia, Food, Meles Zenawi, Nile, Nile River

Huge Domestic Market to Benefit Agri-Processors
published 563 days, 14 hours, 35 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 563 days, 14 hours, 38 minutes ago
Sunday, November 07, 2010 3:28:44 AM GMT Sunday, November 07, 2010 3:26:06 AM GMT
With increasing commercialization of the agriculture sector in Ethiopia, there are growing demands for inputs of agricultural products by manufacturing industries and for the provision of support services. Ethiopia has seen sizeable growth in agricultural productivity in recent years. With increasing commercialization of the sector, there are growing demands for inputs of agricultural products by manufacturing industries and for the provision... (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: agriculture, ethiopia, Ethiopia economy, Food, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia Dismisses Human Rights Watch Report
published 578 days, 12 hours, 47 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 578 days, 12 hours, 50 minutes ago
Saturday, October 23, 2010 5:17:40 AM GMT Saturday, October 23, 2010 5:14:34 AM GMT
Ethiopia’s government said the distribution of international food aid is done based on humanitarian needs, not political consideration. In a report this week, the private Human Rights Watch accused the government of denying food and other aid to opponents to suppress political dissent. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.voanews.com tags: eprdf, ethiopia, Food, food aid, Meles Zenawi

Human Rights Watch Calls On Donors to Review Aid
published 578 days, 12 hours, 47 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 578 days, 12 hours, 51 minutes ago
Saturday, October 23, 2010 5:17:40 AM GMT Saturday, October 23, 2010 5:13:30 AM GMT
Human Rights Watch released a report on Tuesday accusing Ethiopia’s ruling party of using foreign developmental aid as a weapon to suppress political dissent. The New-York-based rights group called on donor nation's legislatures and audit institutions to examine development aid to Ethiopia to ensure that it is not supporting political repression. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: allafrica.com tags: eprdf, Food, food aid, human right, Human Right Ethiopia, Tesfa-Alem Tekle

Ethiopia denies withholding aid
published 578 days, 12 hours, 47 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 578 days, 12 hours, 56 minutes ago
Saturday, October 23, 2010 5:17:40 AM GMT Saturday, October 23, 2010 5:07:54 AM GMT
Ethiopia rejected charges by Human Rights Watch (HRW) that it was using donor aid to suppress political dissent, in a statement issued on Thursday. Ethiopia “categorically rejects that it politicises the use of development aid in any shape or form,” said the foreign ministry statement. The New York-based watchdog had said in a report on Tuesday the Ethiopian government was denying development aid both to farmers who did not support the regime and families of opposition members. (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: gulftoday.ae tags: eprdf, ethiopia, Food, news about ethiopia

Ethiopia won't need food aid after 2015: Meles
published 609 days, 14 hours, 27 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 609 days, 14 hours, 31 minutes ago
Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:37:36 AM GMT Wednesday, September 22, 2010 3:32:56 AM GMT
Ethiopian Prime Minister Meles Zenawi said Wednesday his often drought-ravaged country would not need food aid after 2015 as he formally launched a five-year development programme. Ethiopia is one of the world's poorest countries and nearly five million people needed relief in the first six months of this year, according to the United Nations. (more)
Digg It category: Economy | comment | | source: news.yahoo.com tags: eprdf, Food, food aid, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia

Government denies food aid "manipulated" for political gain
published 715 days, 13 hours, 43 minutes ago posted by adminadmin 715 days, 13 hours, 59 minutes ago
Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:21:29 AM GMT Tuesday, June 08, 2010 4:05:12 AM GMT
After harvesting just 50kg of grain last year from his tiny plot in an arid corner of Ethiopia's Amhara region, Asmenaw Keflegn knew he would have to ask for help. But when the 44-year-old member of the opposition All Ethiopia Unity Party asked his village chairman to put him on a list of those eligible for emergency food aid from foreign donors, he was refused. The chairman told him, "Let the party that you belong to give you aid." Prime Minister Meles Zenawi's ruling Ethiopian People's Revolutionary D... (more)
Digg It category: Politics | comment | | source: www.reliefweb.int tags: Addis Ababa, addis ababa in ethiopia, addis ethiopia, Bob Geldof, eprdf, ethiopia, Food, Meles Zenawi, news about ethiopia
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