Cotton     

Cotton is grown throughout Ethiopia below elevations of about l,400 meters. Because most of the lowlands lack adequate rainfall, cotton cultivation depends largely on irrigation.  Large scale commercial cotton plantation are found in the Awash Valley and the Humera areas. The Tendaho Cotton Plantation in the lower Awash Valley was one of Ethiopia's largest cotton plantations. Rain-fed cotton also grew in Humera, Bilate and Arbaminch .

Quality Standard-Setting in the Global Cotton Chain and Cotton Sector Reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa:This paper is part of an ongoing research of the global commodity chain for cotton focusing particularly on the effects of liberalisation and restructuring of the cotton sectors in many African cotton producing countries and current changes in the global cotton market.2003/ (404kb,40pp)