EP1686 Part 1 of 5 | What Coffee Gets Wrong About Traceability (Pedro Manga) | Map It Forward

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Episode Description

This is part 1 of a new 5-part series on The Daily Coffee Pro Podcast by Map It Forward, hosted by Lee Safar. Our guest on the podcast for this series is Pedro Manga, Sustainability and Impact Advisor.

In this series, Lee and Pedro examine the gaps in sustainability across the coffee supply chain and ask whether the systems we have built are actually creating more prosperous coffee communities.

In this episode, the conversation focuses on traceability and transparency — two concepts that are often used together but, Pedro argues, have become oversimplified.

Traceability is more than knowing the farm, farmer, or price associated with a coffee. Pedro explains how it can help businesses understand relationships across the supply chain, identify risks, and make better long-term decisions.

Transparency, meanwhile, is not simply publishing all the data a company collects. It is about making relevant information available in a form that the people receiving it can actually understand and use.

Lee and Pedro also discuss the knowledge gaps between producing and consuming countries, why information can technically be disclosed without being meaningfully transparent, the role buyers can play in demanding better traceability, and why price alone does not define a sustainable relationship.

Connect with Pedro Manga here:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedro-manga-5802b8170/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_pedroplanta_/

If you found this episode valuable, make sure you’re subscribed to the podcast and follow along for the rest of this 5-part series.

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