Table 1.
Ethiopian and Gregorian calendars, and main harvest and sales months by the main regions
| # | Ethiopian | Gregorian | Main (meher) harvest months | Main crop sales months | Main livestock sales month |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meskerem | September | |||
| 2 | Tikimt | October | Tigray | ||
| 3 | Hidar | November | Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP, Tigray | ||
| 4 | Tahesas | December | Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP, Somali | Tigray | |
| 5 | Tir | January | Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP, Somali, Tigray | ||
| 6 | Yekatit | February | Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP | Somali | |
| 7 | Megabit | March | |||
| 8 | Miazia | April | Amhara, Oromiya, SNNP, Tigray | ||
| 9 | Ginbot | May | |||
| 10 | Sene | June | |||
| 11 | Hamle | July | |||
| 12 | Nehase | August | |||
| 13 | (Pagume) | (September) |
SNNP, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region.
Harvest and sales times are based on own calculations from the Ethiopian Rural Socioeconomic Survey–2012( 53 ) and the Feed the Future Survey 2013( 54 ).
The Ethiopian calendar months typically begin during the first half of the Gregorian calendar month. Exact one-to-one mapping is therefore not possible. The Ethiopian calendar consists of thirteen months. The last month (Pagume) is only 5 d (6 d in leap years) and is therefore ignored in the analysis.