ADDIS ABABA- Sidama State has been working to export over 33, 000 tons of coffee during this Ethiopian fiscal year (FY).
Sidama State Agriculture Bureau Head Memiru Moke told the Ethiopian Press Agency that the state has been working to cover some 10, 000 hectares of land with coffee seedlings, and has been working to supply over 33, 000 tons of coffee product to central market during the reported period.
There are some 388 coffee trading centers in which coffee producing is exercised forming many association and at individual level. Among these places, some 74 have gone operational. Some 142 have also finalized preparations to commence trading activity, he added. According to Memiru, the state has enabled to gain over 10 quintals of coffee product per hectare and it has been also tirelessly working on improving its productivity.
Currently, the state covers some 164 hectares of land, and it has planned to increase the yield to 174 hectares of land this fiscal year, he noted.
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