The owner of the farm Mr Moges Yimer is a resident of Addis Ababa and is an Ethiopian. He has good experience in agriculture, coffee growing, coffee producing and coffee exporting. He has a good deal of experience in project management. Moges’s coffee & spice grower, producer & exporter was established in 2001. Founder Company, Moges Yimer is 70 years old & has more than 35 years of coffee production & business experience.
The project is located in SWEPR; Bench-Sheko Zone. It is found at a distance of about 606 KM from Addis Ababa and 46 km from Mizan Aman Town. The total land to be cultivated by the developer is 623 ha. The land is provided by the government for a lease period of 45 years. The road from Addis Ababa to Mizan Teferi is about 560km and is asphalt. The project is located about 46 km from Mizan Teferi. The road condition is asphalt up to the woreda capital.
The project area is found at an average altitude of 1200 meters above sea level and over 95% of the land shows about 3-5% slope gradient indicating a well-drained forest nature soil. The climatic conditions in the project area exhibit the type of moist Kolla Agro-ecological zone. Like most of the areas in South-west Ethiopia the area covers by forest. It has a longer rainy season/1750-2000ml/ as compared to those in other area of the country.
The company does have own coffee estate. His company has total 623 ha of coffee land in southern regional state, Bench Maji zone, Gurafarda district ojemita & Fajeka rural village in Ethiopia. It has registered & licensed by Ethiopian government as coffee grower & exporter. It produces Arabica coffee under shade. The coffee grown in his farm washed Bebeka & sundried Jimma. Our farm in Wojemita, 568 ha of land found in altitude 1100-1300 M.asl and produce organic & Utz certified coffee. The company farm in Fajeka 55 ha of land found in altitude 1100-1350 M asl & produce conventional sundried coffee. The company own 1 pulper 1 huller machineries’ & 4 coffee product ware houses.