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
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