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Forest Coffees® are ultra-high-quality coffees grown in well-preserved environments. Our trademark recognizes the know-how of local farmers and their in-depth knowledge of coffee agroforestry techniques. It illustrates the model’s environmental, social and economic merits.

Agroforestry allows farmers to diversify their income: agricultural production, timber and firewood, fodder, fruit, honey, etc. And thus reduce the vulnerability of the producer with less dependence on a single crop. The impact on biodiversity and soil quality is also considerable.

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Nensebo coffee is produced in the village of the same name in the Arsi zone of southern Ethiopia, in the Oromo region. Ibrahim Jeilan was born in this region, grew up there and took over the management of a coffee farm a few years ago. He also collects cherries from the farmers of Nensebo and the surrounding villages. The coffee is harvested at an altitude of about 2000 meters above sea level, in a wooded environment where the shade ensures that the cherries ripen well. These cherries are prepared in the Ribriba Nensebo farm station and dried on African beds before being sent for export to Addis Ababa.

The industry is segmented according to the different stages of production: growers, collectors and exporters. The growers deliver their cherries to collectors (akrabi), who own the necessary washing and drying stations to process cherries and parchment. Each collector is licenced to operate in a specific woreda (district). Growers also dry some cherries for sale to collectors of husks (djenfel), to create grade 4 and 5 natural lots. Some have their own stations and process their own cherries; these are generally farmers owning more than 35 hectares of land.&nbsp;
The collectors then deliver their lots to the ECX (Ethiopian Commodity Exchange) auction market, or directly to exporters under a vertical integration contract. Each grower, collector and exporter must have its own licence. It is possible for one person to own all licences.&nbsp;
Foreigners are not entitled to apply for a licence, but are authorised to operate as agents (Commercial Representative Office, or CRO). Those with investor status can own a plantation of at least 150 hectares and export their own production.&nbsp;

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Ethiopia is Arabica’s country of origin. It offers a rich mix of terroirs, biodiversity and practices that are unlike any other in the world of coffee. The high-altitude rainforests in the south-western region of present-day Ethiopia are where Arabica coffee originated from. Farmers still use these forests to grow coffee, in more or less complex agroforestry systems.&nbsp;
The Kaffa and Yayu biosphere reserves are now protected by UNESCO. Thousands of unidentified varieties grow there. 150 have been identified, and 35 are distributed by the Jimma Research Centre (JRC). They serve as a reservoir, a bit like a savings account, from which both JRC researchers and growers can draw to manage diseases such as rust or adapt to new growing altitudes and climate change. Wild coffee trees grow in nature at altitudes of 500 to 2,400 metres.&nbsp;
Local farmers have used their in-depth knowledge of the forests to develop original, resilient farming systems. The Jimma-Limmu-Gera, Nekemte and Kaffa appellation areas in the south-west and the Guji and West Arsi appellation areas to the south are dominated by a semi-forest system. In southern (Yirgacheffe, Sidama) and eastern (Harrar) Ethiopia, there are mostly orchards (gardens), with varying degrees of agroforestry adoption. Coffee is grown mainly in the highlands in southern and south-western Ethiopia, at altitudes ranging from 1,500 to 2,400 metres. Harvesting often coincides with the dry season, which means that all the coffees we supply can be sun-dried on tables.

Arsi is a region of the Ethiopian highlands culminating in Mount Chilaro and Mount Gugu. The terrain forms the southern end of the Great Rift Valley between the Bale Massif and the Amhar Mountains. To the northwest, the province is bordered by the Great Rift Valley and its lakes, notably Lake Coca and Lake Ziway on the Awash River.&nbsp;&nbsp;

Nensebo is a woreda in south-central Ethiopia, located in the Mirab Arsi Zone of the Oromia Region. It forms the southern end of the Mirab Arsi Zone and borders both the Sidama Zone and the Guji and Bale Zones of the Oromia Region. Hills and mountain ranges make up 70% of the woreda, while drylands and plateaus make up the rest. The woreda is crossed by several rivers: the Hodem, Kuke, Bedesa, Aebamo and Bohera. Coffee has its place in this area, which covers about 5,000 hectares. There are deposits of graphite, nickel, beryllium and marble, but these have not been exploited commercially. Nensebo has 40 kilometres of rural roads.

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