An international conference on coffee is to be held in Ethiopia according to the Ethiopian Coffee Exporters Association. The conference is to be held on the 8th and the 9th of November under the theme of: ‘Ethiopian Coffee Export Conference: Strengthening the Legacy of Our Coffee’.
It is expected that the conference will increase the status of Ethiopian coffee on the international market by promoting an exchange of information and sharing the vision for the sector according to Getachew Admas, Public Relations Officer with the association.
The conference also aims to discuss the opportunities and challenges that could potential encounter the coffee sector in the coming years as well as helping with meeting the goals for enhancing the export of coffee from Ethiopia in terms of volume, quality and foreign currency earning said Getachew.
It is expected that all notable stakeholders in the coffee sectors including farmer’s cooperatives, regional agricultural bureaus, federal trade and agricultural offices, local suppliers, exporters, the Ethiopian Commodities Exchange, the Ethiopian Commodity Exchange Authority, financial institutions and international coffee buyers will participate in the conference.It is estimated that a total of 250 people will attend the conference according to Getachew.
The coffee association anticipates that Ethiopian coffee exports will increase by a minimum of 25% through efforts such as this conference to promote the coffee on the international market and to increase foreign exchange earnings from the product to more than 1 billion US dollars he added.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency
