Focus on Ethiopia:Country is one of Africa's largest producers, consumers of grain

摘要

Ethiopia has a small-scale farming industry, but one which is of great importance to its economy. Grain trading is subject to a high level of state control and the country has continuing problems feeding its population.The International Grains Council (IGC) forecasts total grain production in Ethiopia at 15.6 million tonnes in 2015-16, compared with 15 million the year before. The country's wheat crop is forecast at 2.8 million tonnes, up from 1.8 million the prior year. Maize production is put at an unchanged 6.5 million tonnes. The IGC sees Ethiopia's barley crop coming down to 1.7 million tonnes from 2.1 million in 2014-15. Sorghum production is seen unchanged at 4 million tonnes.