{"id":3811,"date":"2026-07-15T12:54:49","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:54:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=3811"},"modified":"2026-07-15T12:54:51","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T12:54:51","slug":"obasanjo-applauds-ethiopias-wheat-self-sufficiency-export-progress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/obasanjo-applauds-ethiopias-wheat-self-sufficiency-export-progress\/","title":{"rendered":"Obasanjo Applauds Ethiopia&#8217;s Wheat Self-Sufficiency, Export Progress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/746791821_1571256004396341_6892639540021788821_n-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/746791821_1571256004396341_6892639540021788821_n-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/746791821_1571256004396341_6892639540021788821_n-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/746791821_1571256004396341_6892639540021788821_n-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/746791821_1571256004396341_6892639540021788821_n-1536x1023.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2026\/07\/746791821_1571256004396341_6892639540021788821_n.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">AMN PLUS-July 15, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, speaking at the launch of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Conference, recalled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed&#8217;s decision, made three years ago, to pursue wheat self-sufficiency for Ethiopia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;At that time, in Africa, we did not know much about wheat because we depended on wheat imports from Ukraine and Russia,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obasanjo commended Prime Minister Abiy for what he described as the successful realization of that vision. He stated that Ethiopia has become self-sufficient in wheat production and has progressed to becoming a net exporter of wheat. He described this development as a significant opportunity for Ethiopia to serve as a food basket for Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Obasanjo added that the achievement also provides an opportunity for Ethiopia to work with other African countries to uplift the continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By Leta Teresa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN PLUS-July 15, 2026 Former President of Nigeria Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, speaking at the launch of the Ethiopian National Dialogue Conference, recalled Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed&#8217;s decision, made three years ago, to pursue wheat self-sufficiency for Ethiopia. &#8220;At that time, in Africa, we did not know much about wheat because we depended on wheat imports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ethiopia","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3813,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3811\/revisions\/3813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}