Problems of Agricultural Development in Socialist Ethiopia

Roger Hay

Chapter 8 in World Hunger and the World Economy, 1987, pp 203-234 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Agriculture is the base of Ethiopia’s economy. It provides employment for 85 per cent of the labour force and accounts for nearly 50 per cent of the GDP. Agricultural exports (mainly coffee, hides and skins, pulses, oil seeds and cotton) provide 90 per cent of Ethiopia’s foreign exchange, and taxes on coffee are the largest single source of government revenue. Most importantly, agriculture provides food for Ethiopia’s large and expanding population.

Keywords: World Economy; Agricultural Development; State Farm; Allocative Efficiency; Regional Inequality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1987
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DOI: 10.1007/978-1-349-18739-3_8

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