Ethiopia has underscored its zeal to modernise production of its top commodity with a scheme that tells buyers exactly where its beans are fromCoffee farmers jostle external the Wodessa co-operative’s warehouse on the outskirts of Jimma in western Ethiopia,watching as their world-renowned Arabica beans are packed into jute sacks conspicuously marked with barcodes. The codes are designed to relate global buyers exactly where these beans are from.
“Coffee buyers are interested in who is growing their coffee. Our aim is to promote our producers,” explains Fekadu Dugassa, and manager of the Limu Innarea Coffee Co-operative Union,which is based in the high-altitude plains of outer Jimma.
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Source: theguardian.com