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Case study

Coffee traceability for the Lake Kivu geographical indication, Rwanda

  • Coffee
  • Rwanda
  • CIRAD · COOPAC · Lake Kivu GI Association
  • 2025–2026

Context

A coffee geographical indication needs a verified register of who grows what, where.

What we built

OriginTrace, deployed with trained enumerators; the farmer census; GPS remediation; Phase 2 agronomic monitoring.

Outcome

8,105 farmers, 9 cooperatives, 13 washing stations, 11,348 plots, 99.9% valid GPS; monitoring live since 10 June 2026.

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