What are the coffee bean producing areas in Ethiopia?

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There are eight major coffee producing areas in Ethiopia: Ekempti, Limu, Illubabor, Djimma, Harrar, Teppi/Bebeka, Sidamo and Yirgacheffe. Ethiopian coffee is highly valued in the country, especially the Chinese people are particularly interested in and love Ethiopia's Harrar, Sidamo and Yirgacheffe. Sidama Province is located in the south of Ethiopia, Arsi Province in the north, Bale Province in the east and Gamu Gofa Province in the west. Sidama administrative district jurisdiction includes Yirgacheffe (Yirgacheffe), Kochere (Kochere) two very famous production areas. The industry is dominated by agriculture, and coffee is grown in areas around the Great Rift Valley. Sidamo's largest town is Hawassa, an important coffee export hub. Sidamo coffee has a wide variety of flavors, as different soil compositions, regional microclimates, and numerous native coffee varieties create distinct differences and characteristics in the coffee produced in each town area. Shakisso, located in Guji, south of Oromia region, next to Sidamo and Gedeo. There are many mines in this area, which were used for gold mining in the early days, so there are many potholes in this coffee-growing area. This makes it dangerous to walk between coffee-growing areas. Shakiso is a unique region of Gugi/Sidamori trees, and even Sidamori is a remote area away from most coffee producing areas, where another famous product is gold mining. Miners, land and ethnicity also contributed to regional unrest in 2006. Therefore, the biggest problem facing this area now is the need for manpower to maintain the growing area and harvest coffee. Local smallholders in the area started growing organic coffee in 2001 and work closely with medium-sized coffee producers who know how to grow forest coffee in the upland.

Trabocca, the largest Dutch coffee producer, entered the area five years ago and co-produces with local coffee estates. They donate coffee cup testing laboratories and try to improve the quality and yield of coffee beans every year. Trabocca owns 640 hectares of coffee nurseries. Today, there are 12 long-term employees with more than 10 years of experience in coffee cultivation, production, processing and marketing. Apart from these 12 staff, three qualified consultants and several short-term staff have also been recruited. During the harvest season, more than 300 people come to help with the harvest, of whom 150 work independently.