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Ismael Hassen and family

Ismael Hassen Aredo is a prominent Ethiopian coffee producer and the founder of Kayon Mountain Coffee Farm PLC. He oversees a vertically integrated enterprise that cultivates, processes, and exports specialty Arabica coffee from the Guji zone. His work is noted for a focus on quality, traceability, and community development.

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History

Ismael Hassen established the Kayon Mountain Coffee Farm in 2012. The operation has since expanded from a single-family farm into a larger company that manages multiple sites, including farms in Taro and Anasora. The business now functions as a vertically integrated entity that handles its own processing and export operations.

The farmer's day, in pictures

Editorial illustrations of the harvest and farm work our research documented — anonymous figures, never real likenesses.