Coffee: The Leading Export Sector

Keith Griffin
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Keith Griffin: University of California

Chapter 4 in The Economy of Ethiopia, 1992, pp 78-91 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Much of the argument in Chapter 3 was concerned with accelerating accumulation and growth in the non-export agricultural sector. In this chapter we shall focus on the problems of coffee, Ethiopia’s most important export crop. In addition to earning more than half the country’s foreign exchange, coffee is estimated to contribute to the income of 25 per cent of Ethiopia’s population, either directly through production or indirectly by employment generated by its processing, transporting and marketing. The value of the coffee sector’s output accounts for approximately six per cent of the GDP at current prices, and taxes on coffee are the largest single source of government revenue, amounting in 1978 to 250 million birr or 30 per cent of central government receipts. Finally, coffee is also an important consumer good. It is drunk by almost all Ethiopians and domestic demand accounts for about half of total output.

Keywords: Farm Manager; State Farm; Government Revenue; World Prex; Peasant Farmer (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1992
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-12722-1_4

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