Ethiopian Arabica conquers the world
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By: Vincent Dublange Follow
Great report in Ethiopia. RFI takes you to the places where coffee was born. The upland forests of the southwest of the country probably harbor hundreds of varieties of arabica that are still unknown.
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It is from there that coffee was transported to Yemen, from where it has been diffused since the XVIth century, to know today the success that we know.
For more than a century, small grain has been Ethiopia's main commercial resource. In 2019, it still represented a third of export revenues. Coffee cultivation also provides a livelihood for 5.3 million peasants on very small farms, mostly under 1 hectare. In turn, around a quarter of the population depends directly or indirectly on it.
Between a State which seeks to obtain dollars, therefore to produce and export more, and small farmers who seek to obtain a fairer price, Ethiopian coffee must reinvent itself, in particular by focusing on quality and its main asset: be the only place in the world where the plant grows in the wild.
"Ethiopian arabicas conquering the world", a great report by Vincent Dublange, aired by Pierre Chaffanjon.
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