Ministry of Agriculture devotes to improve soil fertility

Addis Ababa, 6 June 2015 (WIC) – Ministry of Agriculture said that it has exerted consolidated efforts to enhance productivity via improving soil fertility.

Public Relation Officer in the Ministry, Ermiyas Baye told WIC that water shade activities are becoming applicable in order to improve soil fertility.

According to Ermias, 18,500 soil samples are taken from 162 Woredas to enable farmers use fertilizers based on the diagnosed samples.

Awareness creations on balanced fertilizers were also conducted in 2,000 training centers for 30,000 producers in 162 Woredas, he added.