By Keffyalew Gebremedhin, The Ethiopia Observatory (TEO)
Quoting the Oromo agriculture and natural resources bureau, the TPLF news outlet Fana reports that in the current agricultural season (Meher) in the Oromia state is expecting to harvest over 164 million quintals of agricultural products.
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"When they [government officials] first came they told us an investor was coming and we would develop the land alongside one another. They didn't say the land would be taken away from us entirely. I don't understand why the government took the land."
Farmer Gemechu Garbaba
His wife adds:
"Since the land was taken away from us we are impoverished. Nothing has gone right for us, since these investors came."
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