Ethiopia secures land for coffee roasting factory

February 23, 2008 (LONDON) — BDFC Ethiopia, subsidiary of B&D Food Corp. (BDFC), has secured 10 hectares of land to build a coffee factory, company officials said Friday.

Located in Buryai, 25 kilometers from the capital Addis-Ababa, the plant will be capable of sorting green coffee beans, roasting and producing freeze-dried instant coffee.

The project is expected to be completed in time for the initial 2010 harvest from the company’s planned 5,000 hectare coffee plantation in the Jimma region. Currently the plantation land is being cleaned and surveyed.

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