COVID-19 hits the Ethiopian horticulture industry hard

COVID-19 has hit the Ethiopian horticulture industry hard. The horticulture industry, which is comprised of the production and export of flowers, vegetables, fruits, herbs, and cuttings, has been the hardest hit industry so far in Ethiopia due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Just in the last two weeks of March, The horticulture industry has incurred 11 million dollars in losses and 150,000 people who work in the industry face the prospect of being laid off.