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Ethiopia will start exporting wheat to East African countries including Kenya, Djibouti, and South Sudan, to begin with, as Ethiopia has met the national demand for wheat after increasing wheat productivity, according to the country’s Agriculture ministry
Ethiopia will start exporting wheat to East African countries including Kenya, Djibouti, and South Sudan, to begin with, as Ethiopia has met the national demand for wheat after increasing wheat productivity, according to the country’s Agriculture ministry.
The ministry official revealed that over three million farmers across Oromia, Amhara, Somali, and Afar Regional States are growing wheat as their main crop. The country is also working on a blueprint for converting 32 million hectares of land into wheat fields in this financial year itself. Of that target, farmers have already covered 700,000 hectares of land with wheat seeds. The remaining area will be covered soon, according to officials.
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Preparations are also underway to export high-quality wheat to international markets as per the statement issued in November by the Ministry of Trade and Regional Integration (MoTRI). Also, the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange (ECX) announced in October that it would start trading wheat within the current Ethiopian year. A draft agreement has been prepared to support Ethiopia’s ambition to become self-sufficient in wheat production and export cereal to the international market.
