Ethiopia strives to become a middle income country and in order to achieve this it must realize steep growth in manufacturing and export. The GTP identifies the agricultural sector as playing a leading role in the growth of the Ethiopian economy. The government objectives are to modernize agriculture and improve its efficiency and productivity, ensure food security, create employment opportunities and enhance the country’s foreign exchange earnings with the aim to promote the development of a vibrant industrial sector and accelerate overall economic growth. Achieving the objectives in the GTP will benefit from the use of spatial information and earth observation techniques. For example, food security is threatened by drought, climate-induced hazards and environmental degradation. To meet these challenges, new knowledge and skills are required, the education sector playing a pivotal role as higher education and TVET institutes should turn out the right skilled people for a changing job market. The job requirements at government and private sector and the current workforce’s knowledge and skills both at academic and TVET level should be appropriately aligned to meet the demands.