Tariku Mengesha farms are located throughout the Banko Chelchele kebele (neighbourhood) of Gedeb woreda, south of Yirgacheffe and just west of the bulgy border with the vast Oromia region. Tariku has applied agronomic practices that keeps his field free of any weeds and unwanted growth, He also grows pulse crops in his coffee fields to maintain the fertility of the soil.
Tariku has developed his pruning practices with the technical help from Technoserve and distict Agricultural experts.
He processes the coffee with the help of Tesfaye Roba who have processed this lot as a traditional Natural, first by soaking the cherries to remove all immature, overripe and foreign objects before drying the coffee on raised beds for 28 days.
