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Coffee is produced mostly in the developing countries of the world and was traded mainly through regulatory organizations like marketing boards of the respective countries until recently.Most of the coffee produced in these countries was exported to the developed countries of the west as local consumption was very low.Thus, coffee was just a commodity being produced for consumption elsewhere, for most of the producing countries.This scenario underwent a change with the liberalization of coffee trade in many of the producing countries in the last quarter of 20th Century.As the producer community took over marketing, they started perceiving new ideas of marketing and adopted the models of successful marketing by some other producing countries.In this flux of events, geographical indications as a means of promoting and marketing coffee produced in unique environments and processed by special techniques and many such other natural elements and/or interventions emerged to prominence and such coffees came to be sold as specialties.With the WTOs recognition of these geographical indications as full-fledged intellectual property rights these coffees of unique nature gained an enhanced value.Forerunning examples of geographical indications on coffee are Colombian "Care de Colombia" and Jamaican "Blue Mountain Coffee".But, there are many others that developed in the recent times.Besides producer efforts at developing/attributing uniqueness to their coffee, consumers also sought specialties like organic coffee, high grown coffee, bird-friendly coffee, eco-friendly coffee etc.that also helped in the development of coffees that came to be described as so because of their geographical origins.As a consequence, single origin coffees also gained value.Geographical indication certification helps to protect producers against unfair competition and counterfeiting and adds value to the product that gains competitive advantage.Other gains of GI certification include enhanced regional economic development through increased international market competitiveness, customer loyalty and related improved profits and strengthening of production chains that leads enhanced negotiating power.This presentation gives an overview of geographical indications in the coffee sectors of some producing countries.