ETHIOPIA
Mr. Bekele Gemeda
This batch comes from a single producer; Mr Bekele Gemeda in the Worka village of Yirgacheffe.
Mr Bekele Gemeda lives in the small village called Worka, 13 km from the town of Gedeb. He owns 9.5 hectares of coffee plantation within the same village. He works full-time on his farm assisted by his able-bodied children who completed primary school but could not find another job in the cities.
Mr Bekele, a father of 11 children, relied completely on the income generated by his coffee plantation. The coffee plantation business also supports his two older married sons who work with him.