Assessments of Coffee Seedlings and Seed Production Challenges and Opportunity in Jimma Zone South West Ethiopia

Kumilachew Achamyelh

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Assessments of Coffee Seedlings and Seed Production Challenges and Opportunity in Jimma Zone South West Ethiopia

Kumilachew Achamyelh

Published in International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 8, Issue 4)

Received: 24 June 2023 Accepted: 20 July 2023 Published: 26 July 2023

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The most important agricultural product is coffee seed production, which requires a lot of labor and time Coffee seed production is essential to the economies of over 70 countries and is the main source of income for millions of people worldwide. Despite Ethiopia having the largest share of production and economic output, the value of coffee exported from Africa, and particularly Ethiopia, has dropped over time due to a lack of sustainability and low competitiveness of the sub-sector at the national and international market. Coffee, which makes up the lion's share of Ethiopia’s total economic production, has been and continues to be the country's main source of foreign exchange revenues. Despite its significance, the coffee industry encounters a number of challenges in Jimma zone south west Ethiopia, including:- high cost of production of seed and seedlings low productivity and disease. Quality seed distributors, cost of farm tools, cost of inputs lack of processing tools, the cost, and availability of other inputs, cash constraints, weather predictions, and the cycle of seeder placement times; The agricultural crew's skills should be improved strengthening the skills of agricultural workers at all levels, particularly DAs, seed producers. This assessments paper is therefore an attempt to share experiences on the current status of coffee seed and seedlings production cost system. It also presents the challenges, opportunities and future directions for effective and efficient coffee seed and seedlings systems in Jimma zone.

Published in	International Journal of Agricultural Economics (Volume 8, Issue 4)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijae.20230804.13
Page(s)	146-151
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Coffee Seed, Cost of Production Challenge’s, Seedlings

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Kumilachew Achamyelh. (2023). Assessments of Coffee Seedlings and Seed Production Challenges and Opportunity in Jimma Zone South West Ethiopia. International Journal of Agricultural Economics, 8(4), 146-151. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ijae.20230804.13

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Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research, Jimma Agricultural Research Centre, Department of Agricultural Economics Division, Jimma, Ethiopia

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Kumilachew Achamyelh. Assessments of Coffee Seedlings and Seed Production Challenges and Opportunity in Jimma Zone South West Ethiopia. Int J Agric Econ. 2023;8(4):146-151. doi: 10.11648/j.ijae.20230804.13

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