A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD

Name of sector Kind of
coffee
Cooperatives Washed
Limu Inara
farmers Multi-
Purpose Union
Table 20: Coffee from the woreda sent to the central market according to its standard from
01/11/2000 to 29/8/2001 EC (MoARD of Limmu Kossaa woreda, 12 th June 2009)
The cooperative unions’ coffee supply channel is a shorter coffee value-chain and allows a
framework where transparency, traceability, ecological and social responsibility facilitate product
upgrading by certification and quality improvement. A lot of moneys was invested by NGOs and
international donors in physical and institutional infrastructure and training (Stellmacher, 2007).
Currently Oxfam GB and Technoserv (which principal donor is Bill Gates Corporation) are acting on
Limu Kosa, Limu Seka and Chore Botor service cooperatives and especially on Limu Inara Multi-
Purpose Cooperative Union members.
Presentation
6.2.2) The Limu Inara Multi-purpose Cooperative Union, an initiatives’ leader?
The Yuuniyeenii Limmuu Innaaraa 91
, or Limu Inara Farmers Multi Purpose Cooperative
Union, was created in 2005 by seven service cooperatives. It covers the two ex Limu Kosa
and Limu Seka woredas, the current four Limu Kosa, Limu Seka, Chore Botor and Nono
Benja woredas. Among their forty nine cooperatives, twenty eight are members of the union
and twenty four are dealing with coffee. And seven cooperatives are candidates:
- Limu Kosa : 8/28 and 3/7
- Limu Seka : 11/28 and 2/7
- Chore Botor : 5/28 and 2/7
- Nono Benja : 4/28
91 Oromic.
Unwashed
Total (kg)
grade grade grade grade grade grade
9,030 28,152 37,182
2 nd
3 rd
4 th
5 th
6 th
7 th
33,150 45,900 79,050
Private traders Washed 92,753 271,422 13,759 9,750 387,684
(akhrabies and
30,600 26,860 112,200 196,350 214,200 10,200 590,410
investors) Unwashed
Sub total Washed 101,783 299,574 13,759 9,750 424,866
unwashed 30,600 26,860 112,200 229,500 260,100 10,200 669,460
Total 1,094,326
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