WONDO GENET AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER

AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS RESEARCH EXTENSION FARMERS’ LINKAGE COORDINATION

AN ASSESSMENT SURVEY REPORT ON THE

STATUS OF SPECIALTY COFFEE DISRIBUTED IN
2010/11 G.C. (The Case of Sidama and Gedeo Zones)

By:- Yared Mesfin Fikadu

:- Getu Mitiku Bekuma

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 1. INTRODUCTION
1.1. Background of the Study

 Coffee is one of the commercial crops used in

Ethiopia.
 This cash crop accounts for about 60% of the nation’s
GDP.
 Coffee is known as green gold of Ethiopia, whose
value and demand is increasing from time to time
 Hence, attempts are being made to benefit small scale
farmers out of this crop.
 One of these attempts is to introduce them with high
yielding and priced organic coffee.

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1.1. Background of the study ……..Cont
 Specialty coffee is the product of research that is
designed to meet the above requirement on the basis of
locally specific conditions

 Specialty coffee seedlings were distributed among

target farmers in selected Zones of SNNPR.

 High valued and priced specialty coffee seedlings

should not only be distributed among farmers but also
assessed for their status

 Assessment is important to see the status of specialty

coffee varieties under farmers’ management 3
 1.1. Background of the Study…….Contd

 Current Data from woreda offices show that the total

number of farmers participating in specialty coffee growth
is 5000.

 The current survey was conducted on 8 different specialty

coffee varieties distributed among farmers in Gedeo and
Sidama Zones of SNNPR.

 Mean survival rate, and uniformity of specialty coffee

variety on farmers’ land was used as criteria show status.

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 1.2. Statement of the Problem
 So far, specialty coffee varieties have been developed
and disseminated by WGARC among farmers in
SNNPR.
 The Zonal woreda and kebele offices of agriculture
also tried to reach SSF with 8 specialty coffee
varieties
 However the status of these varieties was not
assessed at farmers’ level so far
 Hence, this survey tries to see the evaluation results
at farmers’ level

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 1.3. Objectives:-
 The purpose of this survey was to:-
 Analyze the current status of specialty coffee
seedlings in terms of seedling survival rate and
uniformity of varieties raised on one plot
 Show the distribution of crops intercropped with
coffee
 Assess whether the specialty coffee seedlings are
planted as per the objectives of WGARC or not.

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 3. METHODOLOGY
3.1. Background of the study areas
 The study is conducted in Sidama and Gedeo Zones
of SNNPR.
 Coffee is the leading crop in both study areas
 Gedeo zone has a sub-humid tropical climate
 65% of the overall coffee production in SNNPR is
contributed by Gedeo
 Sidama has a varied climatic condition
 63% of the overall coffee production in SNNPR is
contributed by Sidama

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 3.2 Sampling Technique

 Due to time and budget limitation sample size was

limited to 1110 fs out of the 5000 population
 Purposive sampling was used to select the zones
and specialty coffee growing woredas in the zones
 The selection of PAs and farm sites was made
randomly.
 401 farmers were selected from Gedeo zone and:
 709 farmers were chosen from Sidama zone

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 3.3. Data Types and Methods of Data
Collection
 Both qualitative and quantitative data was collected
for the current study
 Quantitative data was generated using a semi
structured questionnaire
 Field observation, personal interview and group
discussions were applied to generate qualitative data
 Primary data sources were farmers, DAs and
extension officers.
 Secondary data was obtained from peer reviewed
research articles, proceedings and the internet.

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3.4. Methods of data analysis
 Data was analyzed using SPSS software version 20
 Simple descriptive statistics was applied to generate
the results
 Data was analyzed in the areas of coffee seedling
survival rate, varietal uniformity of coffee plantation
and distribution of crops grown with coffee
 Data analysis includes frequency tables, percentages,
mean, maximum and minimum survival rate of
coffee seedlings

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 4. Results and Discussion
 In this study the types and distribution of 8 specialty
coffee varieties released by Awada Sub-center have
been identified as follows:
Variety Name Frequency Percent
Coffee Varieties 971 18 1.6
974 21 1.9
979 32 2.9
1377 611 55
9718 42 3.8
9722 102 9.2
85238 183 16.5
85257 45 4.05
Mixed/Others/ 56 5.04
Total 100.0
1110

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Survival rate of coffee seedlings was also the other
output generated from the study. This is shown in
the following table:
Gedeo Zone N Valid 401
Missing 0
Mean .9304
Minimum .25
Maximum 1.00
Sidama N Valid 709
Missing 0
Mean .9653
Minimum .68
Maximum 1.00
Mean 94.5

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 Specialty coffee varieties are intercropped with local
coffee, maize, Enset, haricot bean banana and the like
whose distribution/coverage is shown below:
Crops Grown N Total Area Mean
Specialty Coffee 1110 237.365 .22393
Local Coffee 52 460.078 .42614
Maize 755 195.512 .29533
Enset 960 369.043 .41747
Haricot Bean 501 68.964 .18101
Banana 92 4.437 .07273
Teff 54 13.112 .32781
Wheat 36 6.450 .18429
Barley 68 19.125 .30357
Avocado 30 6.071 .33728
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Sugar Cane 27 6.216 .27026
Sweet Potato 108 17.122 .16786
Yam 75 7.884 .11594
Chat 78 25.813 .33964
Red Pepper 6 .550 .11000
Bean 41 7.863 .20160
God ore 4 .015 .02625

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 The variety “1377” locally known as Angafa
was the most frequently known and adopted
variety due to its first introduction.
 The mean survival rate of coffee seedlings in
both Gedeo and Sidama zones is above 90%
indicating a good management status
 Different crops are grown mixed with
specialty coffee and even local coffee.
 Enset is more widely used as an intercropped
plant than others.
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 Around 94.95% of farmers land surveyed was
covered by any one of the 8 varieties uniformly.
 Only 5.04% of the samples surveyed have mixed
local coffee with specialty coffee varieties, which is
not recommended by WGARC.
 Except these groups and a few others with poor
management as observed, the objectives of WGARC
in helping farmers grow specialty coffee varieties
well was mostly met.

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 The status of different coffee varieties depends on the
time of its introduction, production potentials and
preference of farmers
 Survival rate of coffee seedlings is different for
different places
 Specialty coffee should not be intercropped with
local coffee if we are to see its own maximum yield

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 Tags should be used to identify which variety is
available on farmers’ land and for similar surveys
 In some situations, farmers should be encouraged to
localize the recommendations set by research
institutes.
 It is also advisable to understand how farmers are
applying scientific knowledge in specialty coffee
seedling management
 Farmers’ own innovation should be encouraged in
the same area
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