Grounding coffee value in territory Localised agro-food systems and the implementation of geographical indication in the global South
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10-04-2026
Dr. Matthew J. Zinsli
Dr. Rafael Villota-Jetzer
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3523-6091
Abstract
Geographical indication (GI) identifies a good as originating in a particular territory where a given quality, reputation, or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographical origin. GI protects origin-specified products and has been recognised as a mechanism for food system relocalisation and revitalisation. The rapid expansion of GI in recent years in the global South has drawn the interest of scholars of rural economic development, yet there has been a dearth of scholarship considering the role of territory in creating, managing, and marketing such standards. In contrast, we address global South GI through application of a localised agro-food systems (LAFS) approach, which addresses the interrelationship between identity-based foods and the territory. In this article, we examine how territorially exogenous and endogenous dynamics shape local dynamics of GI implementation and the capacity of GI to reinforce and sustain elements of a LAFS. Using a case study approach, we explore GI for coffee grown on the Galápagos Islands in Ecuador and analyse how territorial resources are mobilised through GI. We demonstrate that the Galápagos coffee sector exhibits elements of a LAFS, including a distinct coffee heritage and potential for collective action in production and commercialisation. However, intellectual property laws, agro-export policy priorities, institutional dysfunction, and lack of local cooperation impeded the mobilisation of territorial resources. Our case study demonstrates the analytical purchase gained from examining the role of territory for tropical commodity sectors characterised by territorial disembeddedness, complementing and extending critical scholarship on global South GI.
How to Cite
Zinsli, M. and Villota-Jetzer, R. (2026) “Grounding coffee value in territory: Localised agro-food systems and the implementation of geographical indication in the global South”, The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 32(1), pp. 87–103. doi:10.48416/ijsaf.v31i1.734.
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geographical indication, localised agrifood system, global south, global value chain, coffee
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Mancini MC (2013a) Geographical indications in Latin America value chains: A 'branding from below' strategy or a mechanism for excluding the poorest? Journal of Rural Studies 32: 295–306.
Mancini MC (2013b) Localised agro-food systems and geographical indications in the face of globalisation: The case of Queso Chontaleño. Sociologia Ruralis 53(2): 180–200.
Mancini MC, Arfini F and Guareschi M (2019) Innovation and typicality in localised agri-food systems: The case of PDO Parmigiano Reggiano. British Food Journal 121(12): 3043–3061.
Mariani M, Cerdan C and Peri I (2019) Contested knowledge: Changing practices in origin-food communities. British Food Journal 121(12): 3011–3023.
Marie-Vivien D (2008) From plant variety definition to geographical indication protection: A search for the link between Basmati rice and India/Pakistan. The Journal of World Intellectual Property 11(4): 321–344.
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Sautier D, Biénabe E and Cerdan C (2011) Geographical indications in developing countries. In: Barham E and Sylvander B (eds) Labels of Origin for Food: Local Development, Global Recognition. Cambridge, MA: CAB International, pp. 138–153.
SCAA (2015) SCAA Protocols: Cupping Specialty Coffee. Long Beach, CA: Specialty Coffee Association of America. Available at: https://www.scaa.org/PDF/resources/cupping-protocols.pdf
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Teuber R (2010) Geographical indications of origin as a tool of product differentiation: The case of coffee. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing 22(3–4): 277–298.
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Barham E and Sylvander B (eds) (2011) Labels of Origin for Food: Local Development, Global Recognition. Cambridge, MA: CAB International.
Barjolle D, Quiñones-Ruiz XF, Bagal M, et al. (2017) The role of the state for geographical indications of coffee: Case studies from Colombia and Kenya. World Development 98: 105–119.
Barrionuevo CA, Bernat EE and Velarde IJ (2019) We recovered food heritage, and then? Value enhancement and promotion of local agri-food products in Argentina and Spain. British Food Journal 121(12): 3168–3180.
Besky S (2013) The Darjeeling Distinction: Labor and Justice on Fair-Trade Tea Plantations in India. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Boga R, Paül V and Haslam-McKenzie F (2023) Padrón peppers or peppers from Herbón? Discussing the controversial attainment of a geographical indication in light of food (re)localisation approaches. Sociologia Ruralis 63: 287–308.
Boucher F and Brun V (2010) La qualité, la qualification et l'action collective dans les processus d'innovation et d'activation des SYAL: Le cas des fromageries rurales en Amérique Latine. In: Innovation et Développement Durable dans l'Agriculture et l'Agroalimentaire, Montpellier, France. Available at: http://hal.archives-ouvertes.fr/hal-00521004/fr/
Bowen S (2010) Embedding local places in global spaces: Geographical indications as a territorial development strategy. Rural Sociology 75(2): 209–243.
Bowen S (2011) The importance of place: Re-territorialising embeddedness. Sociologia Ruralis 51(4): 325–348.
Bowen S (2015) Divided Spirits: Tequila, Mezcal, and the Politics of Production. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.
Bowen S and Mutersbaugh T (2014) Local or localized? Exploring the contributions of Franco-Mediterranean agrifood theory to alternative food research. Agriculture and Human Values 31(2): 201–213.
Carimentrand A, Fournier S, Biénabe E, et al. (2019) L'enregistrement des indications géographiques: Pour une éthique du compromis. Éthique publique. Revue internationale d'éthique sociétale et gouvernementale 21(1).
Casabianca F, Sylvander B, Noël Y, et al. (2006) Terroir et Typicité: Propositions de définitions pour deux notions essentielles à l'appréhension des Indications Géographiques et du développement durable. In: VIe Congrès international sur les terroirs viticoles, Bordeaux, Montpellier, 2 July 2006.
Cerdan C, Andrade N, Lima da Silva A, et al. (2018) La recherche agricole, vecteur de dynamiques collectives des territoires ruraux: l'Indication géographique « Vales da Uva Goethe » au Brésil. Cahiers Agricultures 27(2).
Chabrol D, Mariani M and Sautier D (2017) Establishing geographical indications without state involvement? Learning from case studies in Central and West Africa. World Development 98: 68–81.
Charmaz K (2006) Constructing Grounded Theory: A Practice Guide through Qualitative Analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
Chiffoleau Y and Touzard J-M (2014) Understanding local agri-food systems through advice network analysis. Agriculture and Human Values 31(1): 19–32.
Chiriboga R, Maignan S and Hidalgo F (2007) Crisis del sector agropecuario y control de especies invasoras en Galápagos. In: Ospina P and Falconí C (eds) Galápagos: Migraciones, Economía, Cultura, Conflictos y Acuerdos. Quito, Ecuador: Corporación Editora Nacional, pp. 93–113.
Crespo J, Réquier-Desjardins D and Vicente J (2014) Why can collective action fail in Local Agri-food Systems? A social network analysis of cheese producers in Aculco, Mexico. Food Policy 46: 165–177.
Daviron B and Ponte S (2005) The Coffee Paradox: Global Markets, Commodity Trade and the Elusive Promise of Development. New York, NY: Zed Books.
Durand C and Fournier S (2017) Can geographical indications modernize Indonesian and Vietnamese agriculture? Analyzing the role of national and local governments and producers' strategies. World Development 98: 93–104.
FAO (2016) FAO in Action in Asia and the Pacific: Geographical Indication Expected to Boost Laotian Coffee Exports. Bangkok, Thailand: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
Feagin JR, Orum AM and Sjoberg G (1991) A Case for the Case Study. Chapel Hill, NC: University of North Carolina Press.
Fischer EF, Victor B and Asturias de Barrios L (2020) Quality versus solidarity: Third Wave coffee and cooperative values among smallholding Maya farmers in Guatemala. Journal of Peasant Studies 48(3): 640–657.
Fournier S (2008) Geographical indications: A way to perpetuate collective action processes within Localized Agrifood Systems? Cahiers Agricultures 17(6): 547–551.
Fournier S, Boucher F, Cerdan C, et al. (2018) Innovation, a precondition for the sustainability of localized agrifood systems. In: Faure G, Chiffoleau Y, Goulet F, et al. (eds) Innovation and Development in Agricultural and Food Systems. Versailles, France: Éditions Quae, pp. 83–95.
Galtier F, Belletti G and Marescotti A (2013) Factors constraining building effective and fair geographical indications for coffee: Insights from a Dominican case study. Development Policy Review 31(5): 597–615.
Gibbon P and Ponte S (2008) Global value chains: From governance to governmentality? Economy and Society 37(3): 365–392.
Grenier C (2000) Conservation Contre Nature: Les Îles Galápagos. Paris: Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD).
Guezou A, Trueman M, Buddenhagen CE, et al. (2010) An extensive alien plant inventory from the inhabited areas of Galapagos. PLoS One 5(4).
Hamrick D, DeSoucey M and Bariola N (2024) Distillations of authenticity: A comparative global value chain analysis of pisco. Regional Studies 58(10): 1792–1803.
Hegnes AW (2019) The map and the terroir. British Food Journal 121(12): 3024–3042.
Ilbery B and Kneafsey M (2000) Registering regional speciality food and drink products in the United Kingdom: The case of PDOs and PGIs. Area 32(3): 317–325.
Jaffee D (2014) Brewing Justice: Fair Trade Coffee, Sustainability, and Survival. 2nd ed. Oakland, CA: University of California Press.
Kaplinsky R (2000) Globalisation and unequalisation: What can be learned from value chain analysis? Journal of Development Studies 37(2): 117–146.
Lambot C, Herrera JC, Bertrand B, et al. (2017) Cultivating coffee quality – Terroir and agro-ecosystem. In: Folmer B (ed.) The Craft and Science of Coffee. New York, NY: Elsevier, pp. 17–49.
Latorre O (1991) Manuel J. Cobos: Emperador de Galápagos. Quito, Ecuador: Fundación Charles Darwin.
Leloup F, Moyart L and Pecqueur B (2005) La gouvernance territoriale comme nouveau mode de coordination territoriale? Géographie, économie, société 7(4): 321–332.
MAG (2015) Estudio de Factibilidad Para la Creación de Una Denominación de Origen Para el Café de Galápagos. Quito, Ecuador: Ministerio de Agricultura, Ganadería, Acuacultura y Pesca.
Mancini MC (2013a) Geographical indications in Latin America value chains: A 'branding from below' strategy or a mechanism for excluding the poorest? Journal of Rural Studies 32: 295–306.
Mancini MC (2013b) Localised agro-food systems and geographical indications in the face of globalisation: The case of Queso Chontaleño. Sociologia Ruralis 53(2): 180–200.
Mancini MC, Arfini F and Guareschi M (2019) Innovation and typicality in localised agri-food systems: The case of PDO Parmigiano Reggiano. British Food Journal 121(12): 3043–3061.
Mariani M, Cerdan C and Peri I (2019) Contested knowledge: Changing practices in origin-food communities. British Food Journal 121(12): 3011–3023.
Marie-Vivien D (2008) From plant variety definition to geographical indication protection: A search for the link between Basmati rice and India/Pakistan. The Journal of World Intellectual Property 11(4): 321–344.
Marie-Vivien D, Carimentrand A, Fournier S, et al. (2019) Controversies around geographical indications: Are democracy and representativeness the solution? British Food Journal 121(12): 2995–3010.
Mascarenhas G and Touzard J-M (2018) The social construction of quality in agri-food Localized Systems (SYAL): The case of the Montpeyroux Wine Arrangement, France. International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food 24(2): 275–302.
Maxwell JA (1996) Qualitative Research Design: An Interactive Approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications.
McCook S (2019) Coffee Is Not Forever: A Global History of the Coffee Leaf Rust. Athens, OH: Ohio University Press.
Millet M (2019) From Ossau and Iraty to PDO Ossau-Iraty. British Food Journal 121(12): 3062–3075.
Muchnik J, Requier-Desjardins D, Sautier D, et al. (2007) Les systèmes agroalimentaires localisés (SYAL): Introduction. Economies et Sociétés 29: 1465–1484.
Neilson J, Wright J and Aklimawati L (2018) Geographical indications and value capture in the Indonesia coffee sector. Journal of Rural Studies 59: 35–48.
Nizam D (2017) Place-based labels in agricultural value chains. Comparative Sociology 16(3): 422–445.
Oledinma A and Roper S (2021) Tradition (re-)defined: Farm v factory trade-offs in the definition of geographical indications, the case of Three Counties Cider. Journal of Rural Studies 84: 12–21.
Pachoud C (2019) Identity, feeling of belonging and collective action in localized agrifood systems. Example of the Serrano cheese in the Campos de Cima da Serra, Brazil. Cahiers Agricultures 28.
Pachoud C, Labeyrie V and Polge E (2019) Collective action in Localized Agrifood Systems: An analysis by the social networks and the proximities. Study of a Serrano cheese producers' association in the Campos de Cima da Serra/Brazil. Journal of Rural Studies 72: 58–74.
Ponte S (2004) Standards and Sustainability in the Coffee Sector: A Global Value Chain Approach. Winnipeg, Manitoba: International Institute for Sustainable Development. Available at: https://www.iisd.org/system/files/publications/sci_coffee_standards.pdf
Puente-Rodríguez D, Bos APB and Groot Koerkamp PWG (2019) Rethinking livestock production systems on the Galápagos Islands: Organizing knowledge-practice interfaces through reflexive interactive design. Environmental Science & Policy 101: 166–174.
Quiñones Ruiz XF, Nigmann T, Schreiber C, et al. (2020) Collective action milieus and governance structures of protected geographical indications for coffee in Colombia, Thailand and Indonesia. International Journal of the Commons 14(1): 1–18. DOI: 10.5334/ijc.1007
Quiñones-Ruiz XF, Penker M, Vogl C, et al. (2015) Can origin labels re-shape relationships along international supply chains? The case of Café de Colombia. International Journal of the Commons 9(1): 416–439.
Raynolds LT (2012) Fair Trade: Social regulation in global food markets. Journal of Rural Studies 28(3): 276–287.
Sanz-Cañada J and Muchnik J (2016) Geographies of origin and proximity: Approaches to local agro-food systems. Culture and History Digital Journal 5(1): 1–19.
Sautier D, Biénabe E and Cerdan C (2011) Geographical indications in developing countries. In: Barham E and Sylvander B (eds) Labels of Origin for Food: Local Development, Global Recognition. Cambridge, MA: CAB International, pp. 138–153.
SCAA (2015) SCAA Protocols: Cupping Specialty Coffee. Long Beach, CA: Specialty Coffee Association of America. Available at: https://www.scaa.org/PDF/resources/cupping-protocols.pdf
Seawright J and Gerring J (2008) Case selection techniques in case study research: A menu of qualitative and quantitative options. Political Research Quarterly 61(2): 294–308.
Sgroi F and Modica F (2022) Localized agri-food systems: The case of Pecorino Siciliano PDO a food product of the tradition of Mediterranean gastronomy. International Journal of Gastronomy and Food Science 27: 100471.
Talbot JM (2004) Grounds for Agreement: The Political Economy of the Coffee Commodity Chain. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers.
Taylor JE, Hardner J and Stewart M (2009) Ecotourism and economic growth in the Galapagos: An island economy-wide analysis. Environment and Development Economics 14(2): 139–162.
Teuber R (2010) Geographical indications of origin as a tool of product differentiation: The case of coffee. Journal of International Food & Agribusiness Marketing 22(3–4): 277–298.
World Bank (2022) Ecuador Trade Summary. Available at: https://wits.worldbank.org/countrysnapshot/en/ECU/textview (accessed 23 April 2025).
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Zinsli, M. and Villota-Jetzer, R. (2026) “Grounding coffee value in territory: Localised agro-food systems and the implementation of geographical indication in the global South”, The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food, 32(1), pp. 87–103. doi:10.48416/ijsaf.v31i1.734.