Addis Ababa, 18 September 12014 - A new information hotline is giving smallholder farmers across Ethiopia access to best practice agronomic advice revolutionizing traditional agricultural extension. In collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture , the Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research , and Ethio Telecom, the 8028 hotline was created by the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Agency , who placed the extension information typically provided to agricultural Development Agents directly on a technology platform that can be accessed by anyone at any time.
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