Ethiopia looks likely to significantly grow in importance as a flower-producing nation over the coming years, mounting a challenge to Kenya’s dominance in the flower trade in Africa.
Speaking last week, Tsegaye Abebe, head of Ethiopian Horticultural Producers and Exporters Association said land leases for flower cultivation are expected to double in the next five years, tripling the country’s income from horticultural produce to £335m. Ethiopia currently has 1,600 hectares given over to flower production and 90 companies – including many foreign firms - have invested.
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