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The Eastern African Fine Coffees Association (EAFCA) will hold the 9th edition of the African Fine Coffee Conference and Exhibition in Ethiopia next week. The  event will be held in Addis Ababa from February 16 to 18. Organisers said it will provide delegates an opportunity to experience Ethiopia's vast coffee varieties and those from other coffee producing countries. The event is expected to play a significant role in building a positive image for Ethiopia, as well as promoting knowledge transfer and creating market connections, according to Abdullah Bagersh, EAFCA's general manager for the Ethiopian chapter. The conference aims to raise issues of sustainable production systems, climate change, market outlook, growing potential of Robusta and to learn from the Ethiopian experience amongst others. "The exhibition will also serve as a significant platform for highlighting the best coffees in Ethiopia," Bagersh said. "It is also expected that the ev

Sidama zone covers 6972.1 square kilometer And lies between 6.14-7.18 latitude and 37.92to 39.19 longitudes, with an elevation ranging 501-3000 meters above see level. The zone is divided in 19 Woredas with a total population of 3019442 (2007). Regarding the Agro – Ecology of the zone, out of the total land size 26.8% is kolla, 45.49% Weinadega and 27.71% Dega. The annual mean temperature of the zone ranges between 10.1-27o c and the annual mean rainfall ranges 801- 1600 mm. According to the land utilization data of the region, 50.67% is cultivated land, 17.57% grazing land, 6.51% forest bushes and shrub land, 17.84 % cultivable, and the remaining 7.41% is covered by others. Sidama zone has a total length of 1173.8 km. all weather road , of the total length 96.5 km. is tarmac road 857 km graveled and 52 km is partially graveled. Sidama zone ranks first in the region, by coffee production. Annually, more than twenty thousand tones of cleaned coffee is sent to the central mark

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Current Ethiopia Premier League leader EEPCO will host 6 th place Adama City here, while St. George travels south to face Sidama Coffee as Week 12 competition gets underway on Sunday. In other matches, Defence Force will take on Mugher Cement; last placed Arba Minch City will accommodate Hawassa City and Dedebit FC travels east to meet Dire Dawa City. The league will continue on Monday with another double header featuring Ethiopian Coffee vs Ethiopian Air Force and CBE taking on Harar Brewery. Week 12 Fixtures: Sunday, Feb 5, 2011 Sidama Coffee vs St. George Defence Force vs Mugher Cement Arba Minch vs Hawassa City Dire Dawa City vs Dedebit FC EEPCO vs Adama City Monday, Feb 6, 2011 Ethiopian coffee vs Ethiopian Air Force CBE vs Harar Brewery

“Eye opening,” is the sentiment of 12 East Texas Baptist University students who experienced a 10-day mission trip to Ethiopia during the Christmas break. The journey from campus to Bona, a small village in southern Ethiopia, was the first ETBU student trip to the area. The final leg of the journey to arrive in Bona was a five-hour bus trip, with the last four traveled on a very bumpy, dirt road. The ministry trip had more than 90 hours of travel. ETBU Assistant Professor of Religion Elijah Brown, along with his wife, Amy, accompanied the team of students to Ethiopia. Brown said it is difficult to put into words the different lifestyles that one finds in the various places of the world. “On the Sunday the students were in Bona, they visited a family that lives in a small one- room hut,” Brown said. “There was very little separation between the parents and the six children. The kitchen area consists of a fire to cook over. At night, the family brings their cows inside t