This document is the value chain report carried out on behalf of the Centre for the Promotion of Imports from developing countries (CBI) under the title “Value Chain Analysis for Pulses and Oilseeds Ethiopia”. It was carried out between July and September 2018.
Figure 1: Process of elaboration of the value chain report
The main results of the report are listed as follows.
Products
- The most promising products are sesame, mung beans, soya beans, sesame oil and tahini. After our in-depth review based on market data and interviews, we consider the most promising product-market combinations to be the Read More
By Ethiopia Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration, Export Promotion and Market Facilitation– Ethiopia is one of the centers of biodiversity for several oilseeds which can be considered as specialty high value seeds on the international market.
Among the oil crops of Ethiopia, sesame seed commands the leading position which makes the nation one of the top-five producers of sesame seeds in the world. Ethiopian sesame source comes from two initial places. These are: Humera and Wollega. Humera sesame type, named for the variety grown in the district of northern Ethiopia, has been growing in global popularity.
It is a whitish color with a good demand in the global market and Read More
Coffee production in Ethiopia is a longstanding tradition which dates back dozens of centuries. Ethiopia is where Coffea arabica, the coffee plant, originates.[1] The plant is now grown in various parts of the world; Ethiopia itself accounts for around 3% of the global coffee market. Coffee is important to the economy of Ethiopia; around 60% of foreign income comes from coffee, with an estimated 15 million of the population relying on some aspect of coffee production for their livelihood.[1] In 2006, coffee exports brought in $350 million,[2] equivalent to 34% of that year’s total exports.[3]
History
The coffee plant originates in Ethiopia, according to legend, the 9th-century goatherder Kaldi in Read More
Meher, the main crop season in Ethiopia, encompasses crops harvested between September and February.
Authorities say a total of 12.9 million hectares of land was cultivated using the June‑September ‘Kiremt’ rains for Meher harvest.
With the exception of farms planted late, most farmers have managed to gather their produce, said Germame Garuma, Director-General of Extension at the Ministry, speaking to ENA.
More than 90 percent of the crops planted in 11 million hectares have already been harvested, he told ENA.
Unlike the previous years, the Ministry also said this season “a significant number of machineries” including more than 1,400 combiners were used to gather crops.
It also involved tens of thousands of high school Read More