Oil Seeds
HUMERA SESAME
MOISTURE
7%
PURITY
99%
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FFA 2%MAX.
FORIGN MATTER
1%
OIL CONTENT
52% MIN
HARVESTING SEASON
SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER
WELEGA SESAME
MOISTURE
7%
PURITY
98.5%
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FFA 2%MAX.
FORIGN MATTER
1.5%
OIL CONTENT
48% MIN
HARVESTING SEASON
SEPTEMBER- OCTOBER
NIGER SEED
MOISTURE
7%
PURITY
98.5%
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FFA 2%MAX.
FORIGN MATTER
1.5%
OIL CONTENT
34%
HARVESTING SEASON
DECEMBER- JANUARY
SOYA BEAN
MOISTURE
9%
PURITY
98.5%
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
FFA 2%MAX.
FORIGN MATTER
1.5%
OIL CONTENT
18%
HARVESTING SEASON
DECEMBER- JANUARY
Beans
Ethiopia produces different types of beans for export and local consumption. Beans are typically rain-fed grown without chemicals on plots The country is supplying beans in to the export canning industry to the Europe market and also to the middle east.
WHITE PEA BEAN
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98%
DAMAGE
2%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
600-650
BEANS/100GM
HARVESTING SEASON
SEPTEMBER-
NOVEMBER
RED KIDENEY BEAN
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98%
DAMAGE
2%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
420-450
BEANS/100GM
HARVESTING SEASON
SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER
JUNE - JULY
BLACK BEAN
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98%
DAMAGE
2%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
550-600
BEANS/100GM
HARVESTING SEASON
SEPTEMBER –
NOVEMBER
CREAM / LIGHT BROWN BEAN
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98%
DAMAGE
2%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
210-240
BEANS/100GM
HARVESTING SEASON
SEPTEMBER –
NOVEMBER
RED SPEKLED KIDENY BEANS
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98%
DAMAGE
2%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
220-240
Beans/100GM
HARVESTING SEASON
SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER
JUNE - JULY
LIGHT SPEKLED KIDNEY BEAN
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98%
DAMAGE
2%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
240-260
BEANS/100GM
HARVESTING SEASON
SEPTEMBER – NOVEMBER
PINTO BEAN
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98%
DAMAGE
2%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
280-320
BEANS/100GM
HARVESTING SEASON
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
JUNE - JULY
GREEN MUNG BEAN
MOISTURE
13%
PURITY
99%
DAMAGE
1%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
2.9 – 3.2MM 90% MIN. GERMINATION
HARVESTING SEASON
OCTOBER – NOVEMBER
JUNE - JULY
Chickpeas
Ethiopia is also producer and exporter of pulses to the rest of the world. Ethiopian pulses are being produced on small hold lands andnd in organic o fertilizer, pest sides and improved seed is not practical for the production of these items. Hence, the pulses we used to export are naturally produced and are organic in nature.
PIGION PEA
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98.5%
DAMAGE
1.5%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
HARVESTING SEASON
OCTOBER - NOVEMBER
KABULI CHICKPEA
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98.5%
DAMAGE
1.5%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
6MM-8MM
HARVESTING SEASON
DECEMBER - JANUARY
DESI CHICKPEA
MOISTURE
14%
PURITY
98.5%
DAMAGE
1.5%
FORIGN MATTER
NONE
SIZE
3MM-4MM
HARVESTING SEASON
DECEMBER - JANUARY
Spices
Spice crops have been produced and used in Ethiopia from time immemorial. Several indigenous and exotic spice crops are cultivated widely in the country by smallholder farmers. Currently, there is a growing demand for organic spices in Europe, USA and Japan for food colouring, cosmetics, pharmaceuticals, essential oil derivatives and textile industries.
Coriander
Coriander is an increasingly popular green herb in middle east and asatic cookery. The main supply comes from Bale and Gonder Ethiopian regions
Turmeric
used as a ground spice and in curry powder, mainly as a food colouring agent as well as a colouring material in the textile industry.
Black Cumin
Black Cumin has a long history of uses for food flavours,perfumes and medicinal values. Ethiopian variety of cumin seed accumulate up to 50% thymol. a monocyclic phenolic compound.
Ginger
Ginger is a rhizome that grows underground from a seed piece. Ginger plant can grow 3-4 c.m tall. It is consumed as a delicacy, medicine, or spice.
