Opportunity and challenges for coffee (coffea arabica l.,) production in ethiopia “review”

Author : Shambel aseffa

Keyword : Opportunity, challenges and coffee production

Subject : Agricultural research

Article Type : Review article

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Abstract : The overallaim to write this paper on opportunity and challenges for coffee production in Ethiopia is that Ethiopia is the birth place of coffee and it discovered earlier in the world. The Oromo’s in Ethiopia were consuming coffee centuries before the Kaldi legend, and have their own legend of its discovery. Today, coffee is both a part of our social experiences as well as an accepted norm for doing business. Economically, coffee is the second most exported commodity after oil, and employs over 100 million people worldwide. As the county of origin for the crop, Ethiopia produces premium quality coffee. It is the leading producer in Africa, and the 5 th in the world, following Brazil, Vietnam, Colombia and Indonesia. If we consider Arabica alone, Ethiopia is the 3 rd largest producer after Brazil and Colombia. Ethiopia has enormous potential to increase coffee production as it is gifted with suitable elevation, temperature, soil fertility, indigenous quality planting materials, and adequate rainfall in coffee growing belts of the nation.Despite the wealth of ecological advantages and coffee diversities, the national average coffee yield level is low by the world standard. This could be attributed to several factors, including climatic variation inappropriate agronomic practice, predominant use of unimproved local coffee landraces, as well as conventional husbandry and processing practices and price fluctuation, which seriously hampers the overall national coffee production and productivity of the smallholder farmer in the country. Areas that are currently suitable for Arabica coffee need adaptation and mitigation tactics in order to withstand the livelihood of farmers depending on Arabica coffee production.

Article by : Teketel Shambel Aseffa

Article add date : 2022-04-04

How to cite : Shambel aseffa. (2022-April-04). Opportunity and challenges for coffee (coffea arabica l.,) production in ethiopia “review”. retrieved from https://www.openacessjournal.com/abstract/1052