🗺️ Stakeholder Map — Ethio-Origins

Goal: Restore farmer identity and trust across the coffee value chain.

Smallholder Farmers

• Role: Grow and harvest coffee using regenerative practices.
• Risk: Low income, price manipulation, loss of identity.
• Technology role: Immutable proof of origin and practice.

Washing Stations

• Role: Aggregate, process, and grade coffee.
• Power: Control quality classification and data flow.
• Technology role: Transparent, tamper-proof intake records.

Cooperatives & Unions

• Role: Represent farmers and negotiate sales.
• Challenge: Limited visibility into downstream pricing.
• Technology role: Shared access to verifiable supply-chain data.

Exporters & International Buyers

• Role: Sell coffee to global markets.
• Pain: Difficulty proving authenticity and ethical sourcing.
• Technology role: Verifiable origin records tied to farmers.

Consumers

• Role: Demand traceability and ethical sourcing.
• Gap: No direct connection to farmers.
• Technology role: Access to trustworthy origin stories.

Local Institutions

• Role: Regulation and support.
• Technology role: Oversight through transparent data without heavy bureaucracy.