The joint program by USAID, MASHAV of Israel and the Ministry of Agriculture of Ethiopia has introduced over 2,000 farmers with the Hass avocado variety, imported from Israel. “The reason we focused on avocado over the last four years is because the international market for it is rapidly growing that Ethiopia has suitable weather for growing avocado,” Wale told NewBusinessEthiopia.com. “We started by exporting two tons of avocado four years ago. The following year the export volume has increased to eight tons and then exported 14 tons the next year. It was encouraging and the feedback from the client was also very good,” he says, advising the private sector to move into growing avocado for export market.

Source: News Business Ethiopia May 08, 2019 12:33 UTC