Soybean

According to the Ethiopian Agricultural Transformation Institute, the Amhara region is extensively cultivating soybeans, with the major cultivating zones located in Awi, West Gondar, Central Gondar and West Gojam Zones. Due to its great productivity and easy access to markets, this bean has become preferable to sesame, in addition to being the most effective rotational crop for low-lying West Amhara zones. Amhara region has planted soybeans on 241,943 hectares (ha) of land as of 2014 E.C. (2021–22 G.C.), which is 97% of the 250,000 ha annual plan. To produce 7,500,000 Qts of soybean, 115,065 smallholder farmers planted 22,106 Qt of C2…