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Read MoreAleta Wondo is part of the newly founded Sidama Region located in South Central Plateau at the approximate distance of 340 km for Capital Addis Ababa. Aleta Wondo is characterized by high altitudes and weather conditions with elevation ranges from 1700-2500 masl. The pattern of rainfall distribution is bimodal with the short rainy season lasting from mid-November to February, and the long rainy season occurring in the summer and extending to October.
The out rowers are producing a garden coffee, where coffee is grown under canopies of large legume shade trees. The coffee plant–together with fruits trees and Enset, a false banana and staple food of the community–form a complex agroforestry system where material Sycle maintains farm nutrient supply.