Ethiopia broad-based economic growth continued for the sixth time in a row in 2008/09 putting the country in a higher growth trajectory. The economy grew at 9.9 percent in 2008/09 making Ethiopia area of the fastest growing economies in the world despite world economic melt down and global finical crisis. With a 42.6 percent share in GDP, agriculture and allied activities rose 6.4 percent contributing 27.2 percent to the overall economic growth recorded in the fisicalyear.