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ADDIS ABABA, Aug. 20-- The Chinese government has provided different assortments of agricultural equipment to the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture, as part of China's efforts to support Ethiopia's largely agrarian economy. The latest batch of agricultural equipment donated by the Chinese government are vital in the East African country's aspiration to transform its agriculture sector, Ethiopia's state-affiliated Fana Broadcasting Corporate (FBC) reported Tuesday. Among the agricultural equipment donated by the Chinese government include tractors, sowing and soil-tilling machines, rice and wheat thresher machines, cottonseed removing machine and generators, it reported. "The agricultural implements are vital to modernize and improve the productivity of the agricultural sector," FBC quoted officials from the Ethiopian Ministry of Agriculture as saying. The Chinese government last Friday donated some 136 items of different agricultural equipment to Ethiopia. Tan Jian, Chinese ambassador to Ethiopia, said China's support to Ethiopia's agricultural modernization drive is part of the wider development cooperation between the two countries, Tan said. "Under the framework of South-South Cooperation, and driven by the Belt and Road Initiative and the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, we will redouble our efforts to advance our agricultural cooperation," said Tan. Ethiopia's Minister of Agriculture, Oumer Hussien, said that China is serving as an inspiration for Ethiopia's poverty alleviation efforts. | 
