The government controlled Ethiopia Commodity Exchange (ECX) has just added for the first time a representative from a farmers' cooperative to its Board of Directors. The organization's website was updated early last week to include Yehualashet Aschenaki, General Manager of Southern Region Farmers Cooperative Federation as the 11th Director. The following is the complete list of ECX's Board of Directors (Source: ECX's website): 1. H.E. MEKONNEN MANYAZEWAL, CHAIRMAN and State Minister, Ministry of Finance and Economic Development 2. H.E. ATO AHMED TUSSA, State Minister, Ministry of Trade and Industry 3. BEKALU ZELEKE, President, Commercial Bank of Ethiopia (CBE) 4. BEYENE G/MESKEL, Director General, Privatization and Public Enterprises Supervisory Agency 5. MESFIN LEMMA, Head, Legal Affairs Bureau Prime Minister Office 6. ABDELLA BAGERSH, General Manager, S.A. BAGRESH PLC 7. BERHANE HAILU, General Manager, Ethiopia Grain Trade Enterprise 8. CAPTAIN FEKADE MAMO,...