Fifty billion seedlings: Can Ethiopia replant its ravaged forests?

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By Samuel AbateOct 10, 2026, 9:00 am800 ptsInterestingTop
Niku Argane’s farm sits on a steep hillside in central Ethiopia’s semi-mountainous Gurage Zone, where years of flooding have carved deep gullies through the land. Soil that once produced enough barley and potatoes to feed his wife and four children — and left a surplus to sell in the market — has…

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