Since launching refrigerated electric train services last week, Ethiopia is ready to send the second batch of avocado produce to other countries, Ethiopian Horticulture Producers and Exporters’ Association announced. Since last week, Ethiopia has exported to the UK some 24 tons of high quality produce collected from smallholder farmers. Ethiopia is endowed with “a great potential” for fruit production, and its agroecology is “very convenient,” Mr. Tewodros said. The Ethiopian Logistics Transformation Office is building a new facility with the help of the Netherlands government in Modjo town, close to the capital Addis Ababa. Ewnetu Taye, Ethiopian Logistics Transformation Office Deputy Managing Director, calls the shipping of fresh products to Europe via a train route to Djibouti “a milestone”.

Source: Ethiopian News August 28, 2020 09:22 UTC