The WRS Pilot Project encountered slow progress in the arabica-growing regions of Eastern Uganda (Mbale, Sironko, Manafa & Kapchorwa). The WRS Project had forecasted deposits reaching 100MT of parchment coffee in the first pilot, but only 35MT of was received under the system. The main impediments were two-fold -persistent wet weather which hampered coffee harvests and drying, and the stiff competition encountered with local traders. A more aggressive campaign is planned for the next coffee harvest season.