From Birchip to Ethiopia for a Mallee farmer

ABC Rural By BRETT WORTHINGTON An ox and plough to prepare African crops PHOTO A small scale Ethiopian farmer cultivating his maize crop using traditional methods. SUPPLIED: JOHN FERRIER Preparing for sowing with just an ox and plough is unfathomable for Australian croppers. But that’s the reality grain grower John Ferrier, from Birchip in north

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30 years after Live Aid for Ethiopia, Valley of Death blooms

15 April 2014 By Martin Bentham London Evening Standard Working the land: farmers use camels to plough their field. The vivid green landscape was once known as Ethiopia’s “Valley of Death”. Now, as a mango tree glints in the sunlight

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