The economy of Ethiopia is predominantly agricultural. The main crops are grains: wheat, barley, teff (a food-grain native to Ethiopia), sorghum, maize and millet. Ethiopia has the largest stock of livestock in Africa.

The country's main exports are coffee and leather. Ethiopia is the third largest producer of coffee in Africa. In early 1999, the government instituted a credit guarantee scheme to promote coffee and livestock exports. Ethiopia is very vulnerable to the effects of fluctuations in commodity prices (particularly coffee) and to drought as the economy is largely agricultural and there is very little irrigation. Ethiopia extended its sugar production capacity in 1999 and hopes to earn US$22 pa from 10 000 tons of sugar exports.

Ethiopian Horticultural Producers and Exporters Association, Agricultural Inputs Supply Corporation, Agricultural Marketing Corporation, Awash Agricultural Development Corp, Berhane Developments, East African(Eth) Ltd, Ethiopia's Coffee and Tea Development Authority, Ethiopian Fruit & Vegetable Marketing Enterprise, Ethiopian Livestock And Meat Corporation, Finchaa Sugar Factory, Gent Adala Bee Wax Manufacture, Metahara Sugar Factory, Natural Gums Processing And Mktg Enterprise, Wonji Shoa Sugar Factory :[ Add More ]

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