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Date
03 Sep 2015
Author
Sebastien de Royer
Country
My name is ... I am the xxx of the xxx Wereda Distric Seedling Centre. We grow many seedlings but
because the men demand mostly eucalyptus, we have to focus on that. If it were women, they would have chosen fruits and things
that will bring them income like they do in Abreha Atsbeha. But they don’t and it makes me a little bit sad.
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