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1alendar year of transactions cannot be reconstructed from a quarter-end balance \u2014 the trail has to be in the data on the day it was generated."}),(0,c.jsx)("p",{style:x,children:"For coffee, that means at least one full harvest cycle in the data path before a FLAG submission becomes defensible."}),(0,c.jsx)("h2",{style:w,children:"The actual runway"}),(0,c.jsx)("p",{style:x,children:"The runway from procurement decision to validation-ready evidence runs in three overlapping phases."}),(0,c.jsxs)("p",{style:x,children:[(0,c.jsx)("strong",{children:"Phase 1: Mapping and platform setup."})," Two to three months for a single washing-station catchment, longer for multi-country deployments. CWS managers and farmers are enrolled, GPS polygons captured, tree counts and ages recorded, the platform tuned to the customer's procurement footprint. The first cherry intake through the electronic point-of-sale (EPOS) pipeline starts at the back end of this phase, attaching every kilogram of cherry to a specific farm."]}),(0,c.jsxs)("p",{style:x,children:[(0,c.jsx)("strong",{children:"Phase 2: One harvest cycle through the data path."})," Dictated by the origin's harvest calendar \u2014 most East African coffee runs an annual cycle with one main and one fly crop. Practice records, EPOS cherry intake, satellite stress observations, weather alerts and ground scout reports all accumulate against each mapped farm across the season. None of this is reconstructible after the fact."]}),(0,c.jsxs)("p",{style:x,children:[(0,c.jsx)("strong",{children:"Phase 3: Validation preparation and submission."})," One to two months once the cycle's data is held. Land-use baselines, activity data, yield records and practice trail are assembled into the format the validator expects, aligned with the GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Guidance."]}),(0,c.jsx)("p",{style:{...x,fontWeight:700,color:"#000"},children:"Across Weathersafe deployments since 2013, the realistic timeline from contract to validation-ready evidence for a single-origin roaster sourcing from Weathersafe-covered geographies runs twelve to eighteen months."}),(0,c.jsx)("p",{style:x,children:"Multi-origin or multi-country deployments extend toward two years. Two-cycle data \u2014 stronger for validation defensibility \u2014 adds another harvest cycle to the timeline. None of these compress below the duration of the cycle itself."}),(0,c.jsx)("h2",{style:w,children:"How Weathersafe compresses the runway"}),(0,c.jsxs)("p",{style:x,children:["Three structural advantages compress the runway against a from-zero baseline. Thirteen years of satellite history are already held against Kenya and Rwanda \u2014 land-use back-casting against the EUDR cut-off and longer-range FLAG baselines is weeks of work, not months. More than 250,000 farms are already mapped, so a roaster's procurement footprint often overlaps with existing coverage from day one. The ",(0,c.jsx)(r.N_,{to:"/about-gap-77",style:b,children:"GAP77"})," standard is already in place at partner washing stations, so practice data and EPOS cherry records start flowing without a setup period."]}),(0,c.jsx)("p",{style:x,children:"A roaster targeting validated FLAG submission by end of 2027 needs the procurement decision in place this year. The runway works calendar-year by calendar-year and does not respond to deadline pressure."}),(0,c.jsxs)("p",{style:x,children:[(0,c.jsx)(r.N_,{to:"/blog/sbti-flag-coffee",style:b,children:"SBTi FLAG for coffee: why farm-level data is the only way through"})," covers why the data layer is required at all; this post addresses how long the runway actually is. The same data layer also anchors an ",(0,c.jsx)(r.N_,{to:"/blog/eudr-due-diligence-coffee",style:b,children:"EUDR Due Diligence Statement"}),". The ",(0,c.jsx)(r.N_,{to:"/methodology",style:b,children:"methodology"})," walks through how the practice layer underneath produces the evidence both validation gates expect."]})]})})})}),(0,c.jsx)(l.Cu,{className:"py-10 py-lg-90",style:{borderTop:"1px solid #f0f0f0",borderBottom:"1px solid #f0f0f0"},children:(0,c.jsx)(l.Cu.Content,{children:(0,c.jsx)(n.A,{children:(0,c.jsxs)(o.A,{className:"align-items-start",children:[(0,c.jsxs)(s.A,{lg:"5",style:{marginTop:"-0.75rem"},children:[(0,c.jsxs)("h2",{style:{fontFamily:d,fontWeight:800,fontSize:"clamp(2.2rem, 4vw, 3.5rem)",letterSpacing:"-0.03em",lineHeight:1.05,color:"#000",marginBottom:"2rem"},children:["Start the runway",(0,c.jsx)("br",{}),"before the deadline."]}),(0,c.jsxs)("div",{style:{display:"flex",gap:"1rem",flexWrap:"wrap"},children:[(0,c.jsx)(r.N_,{to:"/contact-us-solution",style:{fontFamily:d,fontWeight:600,fontSize:"0.95rem",color:"#fff",background:h,borderRadius:"6px",padding:"0.75rem 1.75rem",textDecoration:"none"},children:"Talk to us"}),(0,c.jsx)(r.N_,{to:"/methodology",style:{fontFamily:d,fontWeight:600,fontSize:"0.95rem",color:"#000",background:"#fff",border:"1px solid #d0d0d0",borderRadius:"6px",padding:"0.75rem 1.75rem",textDecoration:"none"},children:"Read the methodology"})]})]}),(0,c.jsx)(s.A,{lg:"5",className:"offset-lg-2",children:(0,c.jsx)("p",{style:{fontFamily:d,fontWeight:400,fontSize:"1.55rem",lineHeight:1.4,color:"#333",marginBottom:0},children:"Twelve months to validation-ready, on Weathersafe-covered geographies. 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