Agri-CEFT Launches Gojjam's First Commercial Coffee Farm

The company announced that it is aggressively producing coffee on 340 hectares of irrigated land on its Ayehu farm. This is the first time coffee will be produced on this scale in the region.

“We are supplying coffee with hints of blueberry and chocolate, with a rich, wine body, and sweet floral aromas. Many rich coffees come out of Ethiopia, and this one is full of flavours that are delightful for any coffee or wine lover,” the company said in its statement.

“Apart from its promotion of Ayehu’s coffee, we are appreciative of the Ethio Agri-CEFT coffee growing training it offered to 390 individual farmers from Amhara region and even beyond held at its farm. I myself have visited the farm and witnessed this,” Dr. Teshome Walle, Amhara Regional State Agriculture Bureau head, said in the statement.

The Ayehu farm is currently producing 1 metric ton of coffee per hectare, resulting in 200 MT per year. In 2015/16 season, the company expects to reach 300 MT thanks to improved coffee growing management and application of inputs.

“We would also like to assure all concerned that we will expand coffee production to 1000 hectares soon and promote Amhara coffee and achieve the development vision of Sheik Mohammed H. Ali Al Amoudi,” said Essayas Kebede, Ethio Agri-CEFT General Manager.

The General Manager indicated that the USA and Germany are among the buyer countries of Ayehu coffee. Ayehu, located about 500 kms from Addis Ababa northwestern Ethiopia, Gojjam province, has produced the latest Roastmaster’s Reserve.