Regassa
Regassa is 43 and has a family with 4 children. He was born and raised in Bombe Village, Bensa, Sidama. He finished his study in agricultural business management in Saint Mary University and holds a diploma on Plants from Dilla University. Apart from his farm, Regassa also works in Bensa Woreda under agricultural enterprise where he learned modern practices and applies them in his farm.
Regassa’s background has helped him build up a better understanding in farming, processing, and drying. He owns a small farm of roughly 4 hectares, with false banana as shade trees.
Regassa owns a small drying station where he processed his own coffees all as natural process. In processing, he follows with firstly floaters removed, then hand sorting defects on raised beds. Regassa farms 10200 trees on a 4-5 hectare plot planted at an altitude of 2270-2290 meters above sea level.