GLC is in the fifth year of a large-scale project to change the economy of the entire Rwenzori region through the development of a fair, traceable coffee supply chain. By deploying over $12 million per season of crop finance into the region, GLC allows farmers to bypass the middlemen and sell directly to GLC owned or authorized partner Collection Centers in the mountains.

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Under GLC’s traceability program, virtually invisible farmers will be identified and the supply chain and the region’s Arabica coffee will become a major competitor in the commercial and specialty markets, with unlimited potential to scale in volume. To determine the potential for growing a high quality Arabica in this region and the most effective way of working with Rwenzori farmer communities, GLC created and tested three Pilot Sourcing Models during the 2015 harvest season.