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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – Bench Maji Coffee Farmer Cooperative Union has started the long-awaited 2019/2020 harvest season. It is an exciting time for our member/farmers. Unlike most farmers in the region where harvesting starts in October/November and end in January/February, our harvesting new crop starts in early July and runs until end of November. Currently we have dried specialty coffees ready for export. This allows our customers and buyers to purchase the Freshest Coffee from Ethiopia. We have dried specialty coffees and Naturals Grade 1 and 3 coffees ready for export. We will start shipping November 2019 onward.  At the meantime, we are in the process of drying Wild Naturals & […]

From 5th July – 8th July 2019 the Bench Maji Coffee Farmers Cooperatives Union organized an Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) training of trainers (‘ToT’) in Mizan Teferi a town in Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples’ Region of Ethiopia where the union headquarter is based. The training was carried out in the framework of the union’s strategy entitled “Enhancing performance through ICTs” to improve connections and communication among members and across organizations as well as clients based in different parts of the world. This includes facilitating communication and the processing of information by electronic means such as the internet, website, social media, cloud technology, e-mail, text, and computers. During the […]

Dear Clients, Friends and Families and Clients, Bench Maji Coffee, Spice and Honey Farmers Cooperative Union is excited to announce the launch of our new website (https://benchmajicoffeeunion.com). Please take a look around and you will find descriptions of the many coffee, honey andspices we produce for both local and international. You will also see ontact us form and more information about what makes Bench Maji Coffee, Spice and Honey Farmers Cooperative Union the best in the business! Many thanks to Gold Star Adverting and our marketing teams for their hard work! Kind regards, Bench Maji Coffee, Spice and Honey Farmers Cooperative Union Team Contact Person: Netsanet Miftah Mobile: +251911725209 Email: […]

February 15, 2019 Newbusinessethiopia Ethiopia, the largest coffee producers is set to triple its coffee production in the coming five years by improving its production and marketing system. The planned marketing system allows coffee growers to export their products directly. The government expects to harvest 600,000 tons of coffee this fiscal year October to September. The plan now is triple to 1.8 million tons by the year 2024. Meanwhile Ethiopia’s coffee production remains largely unchanged for 2018/19 fiscal year from the previous year at 426,000 metric tons, according to one of the major buyers of Ethiopian coffee, the United States Office of Agricultural Affairs estimate. Old coffee trees will be replaced […]

02 FEBRUARY 2018 We headed back to Addis in Ethiopia this January, following our quick trip in September. We were keen to see Bench Maji’s progression as a new Union and cup the latest crop from the regions in the area at our partners office in Addis. Bench Maji continues to improve and grow each year. Many people have not yet heard of Bench Maji which was often sold as Limu – but now they have a new modern logo and are pushing their coffee every day, it will soon be as famous Yirgacheffe, Sidamo and Limu (we hope!). A Different Approach Ethiopia has a huge deforestation problem, 80 – […]

By Yosef Ketema: 20 FEBRUARY 2018 The Bench Maji Forest Coffee Producer Farmers’ Cooperative Union said it is working to increase its coffee supply to international market by 30 percent. At the recent National Cooperative Associations Bazaar and Symposium,the Union Chief Executive Getahun Tekle said: ” Having carried out market assessment, we have planned to raise the current six percent coffee export . “In his presentation, he made clear that though the union has been encountering many internal and external challenges, such as less quality and quantity of its coffee products which in turn has made the union not to be competitive in international market. After receiving necessary support from […]