A rich land with poor people Ethiopia: #coffeetalk

Ethiopia the birthplace of coffee and is custom to a pure product of the highest quality. In 2003 many Ethiopian farmers in Kaffa and Oromia were affected by the plummeted prices of coffee abandoned the crop while others fled to the city ("History Of Coffee In Ethiopia", n.d.). In 2008 ninety-five percent of the coffee grown to export is harvested in the backyards of farmers (Tansey, 2008). The Samb (2016) website, states according to World Bank figures, coffee makes up half of Ethiopia GDP, eighty- four percent of exports, and eighty percent of employment. In 2014 the country projected to ramp its production forty-five percent to two- hundred and sixty- thousand tons of coffee (Samb, 2016). Ethiopia remains to be one of the poorest nations in the world despite its land rich biodiversity. The per capita in 2015 was recorded as $1,529.89 the country highest point ever ("Ethiopia GDP Per Capita 1990- 2016", 2016). Ethiopian Yirgacheffe $15.00 per lb USD shop at http://echbg.com