The regime of President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti owns farmland in Arsi, Oromia, that’s three times the size of all arable land in Djibouti.
Here are the basic stats. According to The World Factbook, the total land mass of Djibouti 23,180 square-kilometers (sq. km.), of which only 0.04% is suitable for agriculture (arable land). In other words, about 9.28 sq. km. of the total land mass in Djibouti is arable.
In 2009 the Zenawi regime gave to Djibouti 3,000 hectares (ht) of prime farmland in western Arsi, near Serofta, Oromia, 3,000 ht is 30 sq.km., making the farmland that Djibouti owns in Oromia three times the size of the arable land found in Djibouti.
This land grab data in Oromia does not include the private farmland given to President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. According to Farmlandgrab.org, “Ethiopia gave Guelleh 7,000 hectares of land some 400 km (250 miles) south of Addis Ababa, where government officials say he will grow wheat.”Read More
Here are the basic stats. According to The World Factbook, the total land mass of Djibouti 23,180 square-kilometers (sq. km.), of which only 0.04% is suitable for agriculture (arable land). In other words, about 9.28 sq. km. of the total land mass in Djibouti is arable.
In 2009 the Zenawi regime gave to Djibouti 3,000 hectares (ht) of prime farmland in western Arsi, near Serofta, Oromia, 3,000 ht is 30 sq.km., making the farmland that Djibouti owns in Oromia three times the size of the arable land found in Djibouti.
This land grab data in Oromia does not include the private farmland given to President Ismail Omar Guelleh of Djibouti by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia. According to Farmlandgrab.org, “Ethiopia gave Guelleh 7,000 hectares of land some 400 km (250 miles) south of Addis Ababa, where government officials say he will grow wheat.”Read More
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