ESSP Working Paper 121, by Seneshaw Tamru and Bart Minten. Abstract: Local value addition in developing countries is often aimed at for the upgrading of agricultural value chains since it is assumed that doing so will make farmers better off. However, transmission of the added value through the value chain and constraints to adoption of value-adding >> Read more Source: Ethiopia Strategy Support Program
Ethiopia’s coffee farmers struggle to realize benefits from international markets
Coffee is one of the most important globally traded agricultural commodities, with consumption occurring mostly in developed countries and production in developing ones. Ethiopia is the biggest exporter of coffee in Africa,