Factor Affecting Coffee (Coffee Arabica L) Quality and Grading Methods

The coffee production in Ethiopia is the critical to Ethiopian economy with about quarter of total population depending directly or indirectly on their live hood. But, coffee production in Ethiopia is mainly concentrated in the south, southwest and east of the country. The annual production ranges from 200,000 to 250,000 metric tons depending on weather and soil condition. Coffee is produced by four methods in Ethiopia: forest coffee, semi-forest coffee, garden coffee and plantation coffee which they account 10%, 35%, 50% and 5%, respectively. Despite favorable climatic conditions variety of local coffee types for quality improvement and long history of production in Ethiopia, coffee quality is declining from time to time due to several improper pre and post-harvest management practice. To improve quality of coffee appropriate agronomic and envirmental factors were paramount importance. Therefore growing of coffee in suitable climactic condition and used adopted cult varies were indispensable to have quality coffee so as to increase income of the growers and the country as a whole. DOI: 10.7176/JNSR/10-4-02 Publication date: February 29th 202