Nearly 500 smallholder farmers
🇪🇹Ethiopia

Nearly 500 smallholder farmers

Worka Chelbessa is a prominent coffee-producing community located in the Gedeb district of Ethiopia's Gedeo region. The washing station serves approximately 486 to 500 smallholder farmers who cultivate coffee in the surrounding forests.

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History

The Worka Chelbessa washing station is managed by SNAP Specialty Coffee, an exporter founded by Negusse Debela in 2008. Negusse Debela began operating his first site in the area in 2017 and expanded his operations in 2019 by acquiring a second washing station in the Danche sub-area.

The farmer's day, in pictures

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

Nearly 500 smallholder farmers — coffee farmer illustration 1
Nearly 500 smallholder farmers — coffee farmer illustration 2
Nearly 500 smallholder farmers — coffee farmer illustration 3
Coffees by Nearly 500 smallholder farmers