Table 3 EGTE’s fixed grain purchasing and selling prices (birr/qt) under controlled
marketing system in terms of 1995 prices (1984/85 to 1989/90)
|
Grain |
Farmers delivery (a) |
Cooperatives and (b) |
EGTE’s selling |
Official (d) |
Farmers’ share (a/d x 100) |
|
White tef |
94.72 |
104.91 |
143.62 |
156.54 |
61 |
|
Mixed tef |
80.45 |
90.64 |
127.77 |
133.41 |
60 |
|
Red tef |
72.29 |
82.49 |
118.72 |
124.35 |
58 |
|
White wheat |
71.30 |
81.49 |
117.60 |
123.24 |
58 |
|
Mixed wheat |
63.14 |
73.34 |
108.53 |
114.17 |
55 |
|
Black wheat |
61.11 |
71.30 |
106.25 |
111.89 |
55 |
|
White barley |
59.07 |
67.22 |
101.76 |
106.90 |
55 |
|
Mixed barley |
54.99 |
63.14 |
97.20 |
102.84 |
53 |
|
Maize |
42.76 |
50.91 |
91.32 |
96.96 |
44 |
|
White sorghum |
57.03 |
65.18 |
106.44 |
112.08 |
51 |
|
Mixed sorghum |
48.88 |
57.03 |
90.42 |
96.05 |
51 |
Source: Extracted from EGTE (1988).
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