1. Back ground Information about the Union Damota Wolayta farmers' Cooperative Union limited liability wasfound in Wolayta zone which is located in Southern Nations, Nationality & Peoples Regional state of Ethiopia.The union was established by 26 primary cooperatives in Wolayta zone on Dec 2003. By now, the number of primary cooperatives affiliated to the union reached to 64. The total membership of primary cooperative is 22,582 of which 17,809 are male 4,773 are Female. The total family size is 118,910. Out of 64 primary cooperatives; 42 primary cooperatives are involved on coffee production and marketing. Others work on ginger, grain, and fruit marketing. Among the above total member producing farmers 16,420 areof organic green coffee using only natural (compost, animal dung & etc.) rather than chemical fertilizer and no herbicides or pesticides. They were supplying green coffee bean for their primary cooperatives, of which 11,494 are male and 4,926 are female household farmers.