A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD
A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD
A study case on coffee (Coffea arabica): Limu Coffe - IRD
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Area under<br />
<strong>coffee</strong> plantati<strong>on</strong><br />
Matured <strong>coffee</strong><br />
area (ha)<br />
Young stumped<br />
<strong>coffee</strong> area<br />
6.2.4) Another framework leading innovati<strong>on</strong> through peasants: state farms<br />
Suntu Kossa Gumer Cheleleki Total<br />
1395.5 1602.4 1861 445 7907.95<br />
1131.93 1364.27 1219.78 20 5574.98<br />
263.62 238.13 641.22 425 2332.97<br />
Latitude 8°05’N 7°57’N 7°59’N<br />
L<strong>on</strong>gitude 36°57’E 36°53’E 36°59’E<br />
Altitude (m) 1600-1800 1600-1900 1700-1800<br />
Max. Temp. (°C) 30 27 27<br />
Min. Temp. (°C) 10 12 13<br />
Rainfall (mm) 1626 1844 1677<br />
PH 4.5-5.9 4.5-6.9 4.5-6<br />
Distance - Jima 75 km 53 km 82 km<br />
Distance - Addis 410 km 385 km 417 km<br />
Table 22: State farms coverage area and physical characteristics in <strong>Limu</strong> Kosa woreda (<strong>Limu</strong> <strong>Coffe</strong>e<br />
Plantati<strong>on</strong> Main Office, 2009 and CPDE, 2005)<br />
The <strong>Coffe</strong>e Plantati<strong>on</strong> Development Enterprise (CPDE) manages three state farms’<br />
sets in <strong>Limu</strong>, Tepi and Bebeka. Those mainly produce <strong>coffee</strong> but also maize, fruits (pineapple,<br />
mango, avocado), h<strong>on</strong>ey 93<br />
and fatten oxen. <strong>Limu</strong> state farms are Suntu, Kossa, Gumer,<br />
Cheleleki, Goma 1 and Goma 2. <strong>Limu</strong> Kosa woreda shelters the three first of those whereas<br />
Cheleleki state farm is found in Chore Botor woreda.<br />
Moreover, farm No. 3 of Suntu state farm and farm No. 6 of Goma 1 state farm are<br />
organic farms. In Suntu state farm, that represents 9.75% (123.92 ha) of all productive area<br />
(1270.36 ha) in 2001 EC. <strong>Limu</strong> <strong>Coffe</strong>e Plantati<strong>on</strong> officer: “We use compost and organic<br />
fertilizers “ORGA” produced in Addis. But yields are smaller because we can’t use chemical<br />
93 In <strong>Limu</strong> Kosa state farms, h<strong>on</strong>ey is associated with <strong>coffee</strong> in small amounts. It is grown in Cordia, Crot<strong>on</strong>,<br />
Millettia (birbira), Acacia, and Sesbania species (not in Shefflera <strong>on</strong>e).<br />
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