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High altitude farming on the edge of Simien National Park, the highest point in Ethiopia. Subsistence agriculture is having significant impact on the fragile Afro-alpine environment here, with severe soil erosion from farming on steep slopes and over-grazing, often inside the park boundary.

Some 90% of Ethiopia's 110 million people are small scale agriculturalists, with scarcely any cash crop for income or access to electricity and plumbing. But change is coming rapidly, with new hydro-electric dams, and one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa.

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High altitude farming on the edge of Simien National Park, the highest point in Ethiopia. Subsistence agriculture is having significant impact on the fragile Afro-alpine environment here, with severe soil erosion from farming on steep slopes and over-grazing, often inside the park boundary.<br /> <br /> Some 90% of Ethiopia's 110 million people are small scale agriculturalists, with scarcely any cash crop for income or access to electricity and plumbing. But change is coming rapidly, with new hydro-electric dams, and one of the fastest-growing economies in Africa.

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