Smallholder producers of the Bochessa community

The Bochessa community is located in the Arbegona district of the Sidama region in Ethiopia, where coffee is grown at high altitudes ranging from 2,000 to 2,230 meters. Coffee production in this area follows a traditional model where approximately 600 smallholder farmers deliver cherries to centralized washing stations. These producers typically manage very small plots of land, often intercropping coffee trees with false banana plants for shade. The coffee is processed using both washed and natural methods, with cherries often dried on raised beds for several weeks to ensure quality.