 Coffee is an important cash crop of Ambo; over 50 square kilometers are planted with this crop.This woreda is home to Dr. Merera Gudina, the founder and chairman of the Oromo People's Congress (OPC).Although the OPC has a large following in Ambo, Human Rights Watch has received reports of kebele officials imprisoning people for campaigning for or providing support to the OPC, or expelling students from school for the same.