Word: ethiopia
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...problems begin at Massawa, the Red Sea port where hundreds of dock workers labor night and day to unload grain and other food destined for Ethiopia's hungry millions. Cranes are in short supply, as are trailers to store the grain. While wheat from the U.S. and Canada usually comes in bags, much of the grain from Europe does not and thus takes longer to unload. Grain sometimes arrives soaked with water; a recent shipment of milk powder was contaminated...
...help bring long-term relief to hunger-stricken regions of Ethiopia, Harvard students can give up their dinner in the dining hall in a fast planned for later this month...
...Harvard Hunger Action Committee (HHAC) and the Harvard-Radcliffe International Development Forum (HRIDF) hope to raise approximately $3800 from this campus-wide dining hall dinner fast slated for March 16. The money will help fund a $100,000 OXFAM America project in famine-plagued central Ethiopia, said HHAC co-president Douglas W. Marx...
...money raised by this fast will go towards further development of a particular type of plow, the "broad bed maker," which is especially effective in parts of Ethiopia, said OXFAM Program Representative for the Horn of Africa Robert L. Buchanan...
...farmers in central Ethiopia who have been testing the plow for the past two years are getting much better results in farming wheat and beans than they did before, said Buchanan...