Trend Analysis of Coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) Productivity, Area of Production and Numbers of Holders in Ethiopia

Wondwossen Fantaye

doi:10.7176/jnsr/9-15-01

Abstract

This study was undertaken to identify trends of; Coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) productivity, area of production and numbers of holders of coffee in Ethiopia. Data of; annual coffee yield, area of production and numbers of holders of coffee in Ethiopia for the period 2006/2007-2017/2018 were collected from Central statistical Agency (CSA). Trend test were carried out using the non-parametric Mann-Kendall’s trend test using xlstat software. The result of this study indicated that the country level area of coffee production showed significant increasing trend by a factor of 40534.67 ha per year. Similarly, numbers of holders/producers in the country were increased significantly by the factors of 283169.2 holders/year. Moreover country level annual total amount of coffee Production were showed significant increasing trend by the factor of 219787.1 qt/year over the study periods. Despite expansions of coffee production area coverage and increasing numbers of holders in the country, however, the trend of coffee productivity in the country showed non-significant decreasing trend by the factors of -0.176 qt/ha per year for study periods. Therefore, the author of this work have recommend that, land suitability of this crop at which it has been expanded in the country and others reasons behind decreasing productivity of this crop has to study DOI : 10.7176/JNSR/9-15-01 Publication date : August 31 st 2019

Highlights

Coffee is a perennial field crop which belongs to the genus Coffea in the Rubiaceae family, and is mostly grown in the tropical and subtropical regions (Berthaud and Charrier, 1988)
Ethiopia is the home and cradle of biodiversity of Arabica coffee seeds and it is the center for origin, diversification, and dissemination of the Arabica coffee plant (Bayetta, 2001) Ethiopia produces only Arabica coffee which is considered as superior to Robusta coffee due to its fine aroma, strong body, and pleasant acidity (Zewdu, 2016)
A quarter of the total population of Ethiopia is directly or indirectly dependent on the income they generate from growing coffee for their livelihood (Zewdu,2016)

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Coffee is a perennial field crop which belongs to the genus Coffea in the Rubiaceae family, and is mostly grown in the tropical and subtropical regions (Berthaud and Charrier, 1988). Jaramillo et al (2011) predicted that climate change would worsen pest prevalence like “broca” (berry borer) in Eastern Africa. Consequences of this event suffer viability of current high quality producers (Kasterine et al, 2010). In the case study of Colombia and Ethiopia, an increase in rainfall and temperature threatens the coffee at an alarming rate, respectively and is more conducive, for pests and disease prevalence (Iscaro, 2014). Most suitable area becomes unsuitable because of climate variation (Dekens and Bagamb, 2014). in Ethiopia small holder farmers are suffering from poor productivity of this crop. The main objective of this review is to analysis trends of; Coffee (Coffea Arabica L.) productivity, area of production and numbers of holders in Ethiopia

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