The Response of Ethiopian Grain Markets to Liberalization



Table 1. National estimates of production and sales of major grains for 1995/96 season
by the farm households in Ethiopia

Total quantity
of grain
produced

Total quantity
of grain
marketed

Proportion of grain
marketed out of
total grain
produced

Total quantity of
grains purchased
by EGTE*

Proportion of EGTE’s
grain purchase out of
total grains marketed

Grain

(tons)

(tons)

(%)

(tons)

__________(%)__________

Maize

1,696,801

506,436

29.8

29,825

5.9

Tef

1,313,035

409,799

31.2

9,468

2.3

Wheat

836,250

233,904

28.0

22,223

9.5

Barley

853,979

217,661

25.5

420

0.2

Sorghum

1,342,251

228,613

17.0

2,315

1.0

Millet

200,230

38,027

19.0

70

0.2

Pulses

583,346

244,080

41.8

2,849

1.2

Oil Seeds

148,956

115,975

_________77.9________

4,435

______________3.8_____________

Total

6,974,848

1,994,495

________28.60

71,605

___________3.59___________

Source: GMRP (1996) and EGTE (1996)

Note:   *Over the periods from July 1 1995 to June 2 1996 the EGTE purchased 6,079 tons of maize

and 6,294 tons of wheat from the farmers at the support price (GMRP, 1996).

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