Under the coordination of the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, the fourth phase of China's aid to Ethiopia's senior agricultural expert group donated a batch of agricultural equipment to Godino Village in Bishavtu City, Oromia Region, the first demonstration village for poverty reduction in agriculture in Ethiopia, on the 26th to assist local agricultural production. On the morning of the 26th, members of the Chinese agricultural expert group arrived at the warehouse of the Ministry of Agriculture in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. With the help of workers, they loaded more than 70 sets of agricultural production equipment, including corn seeders, water pumps, incubators, juicers, insecticidal lamps, etc., onto trucks and escorted them all the way to Godino Village. The donated tractor will be driven by a dedicated person to the village. On November 26th, at the Ministry of Agriculture warehouse located in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, staff were inspecting a tractor donated by China. Xinhua News Agency reporter Liu Fangqiang, senior agricultural expert group leader Zhang Shihong, introduced that the expert group has 8 members and arrived in Ethiopia in August 2024 to carry out aid missions. The China Ethiopia Agricultural Poverty Reduction Demonstration Village Project was launched at the end of May this year and is a key demonstration project of the fourth phase of the aid to Ethiopia by the Senior Agricultural Expert Group. Chinese experts aim to learn from China's experience in poverty reduction, combine with Ethiopia's actual situation, and promote China's high-yield planting, healthy breeding, water-saving irrigation and other technologies by providing seeds, livestock, agricultural materials and machinery support, to help local farmers reduce poverty and achieve sustainable development. Today's donation demonstrates China's long-term support for the development of demonstration villages. We have always hoped to obtain a chick incubator, and we are very pleased to receive these devices today. We will make good use of these devices. ”The village leader Assefa Gudisa said. Godino Village is about 70 kilometers away from the Ethiopian capital city of Addis Ababa. As of now, the demonstration village has completed the selection of 55 demonstration households in the first phase, the first round of technical training, and project mobilization, and the villagers have shown high enthusiasm for participation. It is expected that within three years, the project will drive 200 households to achieve a 50% increase in annual income and significantly improve their self-sufficiency rate in food and living standards. (New Society)