The Senior Communication Expert with the Ethiopian Horticulture Development Agency, Mekonnen Hailu, said on Sunday (November 16) that Ethiopia was intending to expand the revenue from the export of horticulture products to US $371 million for this 2014-15 fiscal year. Horticulture exports made US$245 million last year.
He said that efforts were underway "to export high-quality products during the reporting period as part of the overall activities to increase the nation's revenue." He added that "utilization of modern technology, in particular chemical-free pest control mechanism, is being applied to make the products free of chemicals because chemical-free products have great market demand."
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