White Pea Beans

White Pea Beans are round or oval shaped.

They are Machine Cleaned (MC) and Hand Picked Selected (HPS) on a cleaning belt with purity of 99% min, imperfect beans of 4% max and moisture content of 14% max.

Every 100 gram of Ethiopian Round White Pea Beans contain 600 to 700 pieces of beans.

The Ethiopian White Pea Bean is under the category of ―Haricot beans.

The planting period of WPB should be set such that harvesting period falls during the dry season. The production period ranges from 85 to 120 days and 90 percent of the harvest is sold for export mainly to Europe. White Pea Beans are usually not intercropped.

Local Ethiopian name of White Pea Beans: Nech Boloqe

Harvesting Season: September-October

Location of Production: Amhara Region – North & South Wollo, East & West Gojjam, West & South Shoa and South Gondar. Oromia Region – Arsi, East & West Shoa, West Hararge. Tigray Region – South Tigray. Benshangul Gumuz Region – Wetekera Pawi. South Region – Gurage.