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Light Years IP business strategies seek distinctive products wherein farmers and producers are receiving very low returns such as 2-5% of retail. We create high end brands for Africans such as in coffees, teas, shea butter, and numerous distinctive agricultural products.
In Ethiopian fine coffee our work with 3 coffees enables $101million more income to the Ethiopian coffee farmers.
We believe that all over Africa, farmers and producers could achieve $100million per year per product if their distinctive products were more properly branded and repositioned. However, branding alone is not sufficient, as producers and farmers must own the supply chain, such as their own import companies.
We are currently working with the Maasai, whose cultural brand is used by over 1,000 companies to increase value, but nothing is returned to the Maasai. Our Maasai IP initiative aims to change this.
Our work has been supported by DFID; USPTO, Comic Relief, CIDA, and the World Bank, among others.
In Ethiopian fine coffee our work with 3 coffees enables $101million more income to the Ethiopian coffee farmers.
We believe that all over Africa, farmers and producers could achieve $100million per year per product if their distinctive products were more properly branded and repositioned. However, branding alone is not sufficient, as producers and farmers must own the supply chain, such as their own import companies.
We are currently working with the Maasai, whose cultural brand is used by over 1,000 companies to increase value, but nothing is returned to the Maasai. Our Maasai IP initiative aims to change this.
Our work has been supported by DFID; USPTO, Comic Relief, CIDA, and the World Bank, among others.
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Location
United States, District of Columbia, Washington
Phone
+1 202-547-7515