Echemo serves as both a farm and processing site, possessing historical significance. The name "Echemo" derives from a tree associated with creating fire, and the coffee varieties grown here are notably disease resistant. These seedlings were collected by Khalid’s grandfather from Choche, a place often debated as the origin site of coffee in Kata Mudga area (Kata means a rock at high heels and Mudga derived from Muuduu gaha, it means “could be assigned”), but it is generally recognized as part of Southwestern Ethiopia. Echemo Farm, which has 160 drying beds, processes up to seven containers of coffee each season and is equipped for various coffee processing methods.
About
The farm in detail
Total number of hectares
35 Altitude
2100 Environment
Mountainous Shady
Semi-forest Agroforestry level
3 - Forest
Meet Khalid Shifa
Coffees of this farm
Khalid Shifa is one of the many producers who have become part of the Belco story
