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Ethiopia’s small coffee growers still elude European buyers

By , based on Addis Fortune

Ethiopia’s small coffee growers still elude European buyersIllustrative image · Sami Kofer · Pexels · Licence Pexels

Smallholders grow more than 95% of Ethiopia’s coffee, but European buyers have mapped most of their plots yet. A national system is registering millions of producers, while exporters and cooperatives document farms to meet new European requirements, reports Addis Fortune.

More than 95% of Ethiopia’s coffee is grown by smallholders, mainly on plots of less than one hectare that European buyers have still been unable to identify, reports Addis Fortune. This situation complicates the documentation of farms supplying the European market.

A national system has registered millions of producers, while exporters and cooperatives are working to document farms and supply chains intended for European buyers, according to Addis Fortune. Feleke Dukamo, a producer near Hawassa, is among the farmers whose coffee cherries are harvested on smallholdings.

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