☕️ Coffee smallholders in Kaffa, the home of coffee in southern Ethiopia, may reportedly find it difficult to comply with these requirements because of poor internet availability and a deficit of land registers. They might not catch up to European standards for up to five years.
Ethiopia’s coffee business is a huge value to the nation, with a significant portion of its exports going to Europe. Therefore, even though less than 5% of Ethiopia’s imports come from the EU, the foreign exchange earned from these exports is vital for Addis Ababa, particularly in the fight against inflation.
💬”We obviously don’t want to lose the relationship with this market,” Adugna Debela, director of the Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority, told the French news outlet.