AreaEthiopia

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date07/10/2019

Policy CategoryProduction

Policy InstrumentProduction support

DescriptionLaunched an initiative to produce wheat in three lowland basins of the country: Awash, Wabeshebelle and Omo basins, locations where wheat production was not previously practised. The lowland wheat initiative will cover more than 132 000 hectares (ha) of land across the three basins, and is expected to produce nearly 6 million quintals of wheat, along with more than 100 000 quintals of improved wheat seeds.