Ethiopia to triple coffee production

Ethiopia to triple coffee production

February 15, 2019 Newbusinessethiopia Ethiopia, the largest coffee producers is set to triple its coffee production in the coming five years by improving its production and marketing system. The planned marketing system allows coffee growers to export their products directly. The government expects to harvest 600,000 tons of coffee this fiscal year October to September. The plan now is triple to 1.8 million tons by the year 2024. Meanwhile Ethiopia’s coffee production remains largely unchanged for 2018/19 fiscal year from the previous year at 426,000 metric tons, according to one of the major buyers of Ethiopian coffee, the United States Office of Agricultural Affairs estimate. Old coffee trees will be replaced […]