Old coffee with new friends for change

Abstract

MR. Amente Adele is one of the farmers applying agroforestry practices in the Wonsho woreda of the Sidama Region with the support from the Resilient Landscapes and Livelihoods Project (RLLP) and the previous SLMP projects. Back in 2004—2007 EC, Amente planted an improved coffee variety on 4.5 hectares of land and obtained a coffee yield 7.2 qt /ha in 2014/15 GC. However, the production started to decline gradually after five year of planting to one third of the original yield obtained before (2.5 quintals /ha) seven years after planting . For Amente the soil erosion that wiped out the fertile soil of his farm was responsible for making the coffee tree’s yield lower than he expected.