
GENE PAOLO GARCIA
GENE PAOLO GARCIA
GENE PAOLO GARCIA
My work connects research and practice—understanding livelihoods, landscapes, and institutions across Asia and the Pacific. Founder, Alluyon Coffee.
My work connects research and practice—understanding livelihoods, landscapes, and institutions across Asia and the Pacific. Founder, Alluyon Coffee.
My work connects research and practice—understanding livelihoods, landscapes, and institutions across Asia and the Pacific. Founder, Alluyon Coffee.
Understanding Culture. Reimagining Systems.
Understanding Culture. Reimagining Systems.
Indigenous Ibaloi–Kankanaey Cultural Anthropologist Development, Environment & Food Systems
Indigenous Ibaloi–Kankanaey Cultural Anthropologist Development, Environment & Food Systems
Research and Practices Areas
Research and Practices Areas
Research and Practices Areas
My work examines how livelihoods, environments, and economies are shaped through everyday labor and institutions—particularly in Indigenous, agrarian, and community contexts across Asia and the Pacific.
I move between academic research and applied engagement, working across development, sustainability, and policy processes while remaining grounded in long-term fieldwork.
My work examines how livelihoods, environments, and economies are shaped through everyday labor and institutions—particularly in Indigenous, agrarian, and community contexts across Asia and the Pacific.
I move between academic research and applied engagement, working across development, sustainability, and policy processes while remaining grounded in long-term fieldwork.
My work examines how livelihoods, environments, and economies are shaped through everyday labor and institutions—particularly in Indigenous, agrarian, and community contexts across Asia and the Pacific.
I move between academic research and applied engagement, working across development, sustainability, and policy processes while remaining grounded in long-term fieldwork.

Food and agricultural systems
Food and agricultural systems
Food and agricultural systems
Working across research and development to engage production, markets, labor, and livelihoods from farm-level practice to institutional programs.
Working across research and development to engage production, markets, labor, and livelihoods from farm-level practice to institutional programs.
Working across research and development to engage production, markets, labor, and livelihoods from farm-level practice to institutional programs.

Human–environment relations
Human–environment relations
Human–environment relations
Exploring the dynamic interplay between people, crops, and landscapes within shifting socio-economic conditions to foster resilience.
Exploring the dynamic interplay between people, crops, and landscapes within shifting socio-economic conditions to foster resilience.
Exploring the dynamic interplay between people, crops, and landscapes within shifting socio-economic conditions to foster resilience.

Policy, governance & institutional reform
Policy, governance & institutional reform
Policy, governance & institutional reform
Analyzing and shaping policy frameworks to promote equitable resource distribution, transparent governance, and sustainable systemic growth.
Analyzing and shaping policy frameworks to promote equitable resource distribution, transparent governance, and sustainable systemic growth.
Analyzing and shaping policy frameworks to promote equitable resource distribution, transparent governance, and sustainable systemic growth.

Community-based & Indigenous development
Community-based & Indigenous development
Community-based & Indigenous development
Engaging local knowledge within development, policy, and sustainability frameworks through long-term collaboration.
Engaging local knowledge within development, policy, and sustainability frameworks through long-term collaboration.
Engaging local knowledge within development, policy, and sustainability frameworks through long-term collaboration.

Applied research & fieldwork
Applied research & fieldwork
Applied research & fieldwork
Bridging research and field insights to build impactful programs, strategic partnerships, and lasting institutional practices.
Bridging research and field insights to build impactful programs, strategic partnerships, and lasting institutional practices.
Bridging research and field insights to build impactful programs, strategic partnerships, and lasting institutional practices.
Current Research & Practices
Current Research & Practices
Current Research & Practices
MPhil Research
Research & Institutional Engagement
My MPhil research in cultural anthropology at Hiroshima University focuses on Indigenous coffee-growing communities in the Cordillera region of the Philippines.
Examines how global markets and sustainability frameworks reshape ecological spaces, labor relations, and knowledge systems.
Explores multispecies relations and agrarian livelihoods through long-term ethnographic fieldwork.
Engages participant observation, in-depth interviews, and collaborative research methods
This work builds from long-term engagement with farmer communities, including my work through Alluyon Coffee, a social enterprise I founded prior to my MPhil, as a site where theory, livelihood, and practice intersect.


MPhil Research
Research & Institutional Engagement
My MPhil research in cultural anthropology at Hiroshima University focuses on Indigenous coffee-growing communities in the Cordillera region of the Philippines.
Examines how global markets and sustainability frameworks reshape ecological spaces, labor relations, and knowledge systems.
Explores multispecies relations and agrarian livelihoods through long-term ethnographic fieldwork.
Engages participant observation, in-depth interviews, and collaborative research methods
This work builds from long-term engagement with farmer communities, including my work through Alluyon Coffee, a social enterprise I founded prior to my MPhil, as a site where theory, livelihood, and practice intersect.


MPhil Research
Research & Institutional Engagement
My MPhil research in cultural anthropology at Hiroshima University focuses on Indigenous coffee-growing communities in the Cordillera region of the Philippines.
Examines how global markets and sustainability frameworks reshape ecological spaces, labor relations, and knowledge systems.
Explores multispecies relations and agrarian livelihoods through long-term ethnographic fieldwork.
Engages participant observation, in-depth interviews, and collaborative research methods
This work builds from long-term engagement with farmer communities, including my work through Alluyon Coffee, a social enterprise I founded prior to my MPhil, as a site where theory, livelihood, and practice intersect.



Selected Research & Projects
Selected Research & Projects
Selected Research & Projects
Connecting research, practice, and policy in real-world contexts. I move between academic research and applied engagement, working across development, sustainability, and policy processes while remaining grounded in long-term fieldwork.
Connecting research, practice, and policy in real-world contexts. I move between academic research and applied engagement, working across development, sustainability, and policy processes while remaining grounded in long-term fieldwork.

Indigenous Coffee, Global Markets, and Sustainability
Anthropological ethnographic research on coffee-growing communities in the Cordillera, Philippines
Tags: MPhil Research · Ethnography · Food Systems · Indigenous Communities · Philippines · Qualitative Research

ADB Economists’ Forum 2023
Co-designed and facilitated a regional knowledge-sharing platform to foster collaboration and scale best practices.
Tags: Facilitation · Knowledge Exchange · Development Research · ADB · Asia–Pacific

Alluyon Coffee: Anthropological Impact
Long-term collaboration with farmer communities through community-based coffee production
Tags: Applied Research · Social Enterprise · Indigenous Livelihoods · Coffee · Philippines

Youth Leadership & Social Enterprise Mentorship
Invited speaker and mentor across international youth programs
Tags: Public Engagement · Thought Leadership · Mentorship · Youth Leadership · Developing Social Enterprise · UNICEF · Hult Prize · YSEALI

Agrifood Accelerator 2022 (Pacific & SIDS)
Led FAO’s regional agrifood accelerator, scaling startup impact across Pacific Island States.
Tags: Project Leadership · Food Systems · Startups & Social Enterprise · FAO · Pacific Islands · SIDS

Indigenous Coffee, Global Markets, and Sustainability
Anthropological ethnographic research on coffee-growing communities in the Cordillera, Philippines
Tags: MPhil Research · Ethnography · Food Systems · Indigenous Communities · Philippines · Qualitative Research

Agrifood Accelerator 2022 (Pacific & SIDS)
Led FAO’s regional agrifood accelerator, scaling startup impact across Pacific Island States.
Tags: Project Leadership · Food Systems · Startups & Social Enterprise · FAO · Pacific Islands · SIDS

Youth Leadership & Social Enterprise Mentorship
Invited speaker and mentor across international youth programs
Tags: Public Engagement · Thought Leadership · Mentorship · Youth Leadership · Developing Social Enterprise · UNICEF · Hult Prize · YSEALI

Alluyon Coffee: Anthropological Impact
Long-term collaboration with farmer communities through community-based coffee production
Tags: Applied Research · Social Enterprise · Indigenous Livelihoods · Coffee · Philippines

ADB Economists’ Forum 2023
Co-designed and facilitated a regional knowledge-sharing platform to foster collaboration and scale best practices.
Tags: Facilitation · Knowledge Exchange · Development Research · ADB · Asia–Pacific

Indigenous Coffee, Global Markets, and Sustainability
Anthropological ethnographic research on coffee-growing communities in the Cordillera, Philippines
Tags: MPhil Research · Ethnography · Food Systems · Indigenous Communities · Philippines · Qualitative Research

Alluyon Coffee: Anthropological Impact
Long-term collaboration with farmer communities through community-based coffee production
Tags: Applied Research · Social Enterprise · Indigenous Livelihoods · Coffee · Philippines

Agrifood Accelerator 2022 (Pacific & SIDS)
Led FAO’s regional agrifood accelerator, scaling startup impact across Pacific Island States.
Tags: Project Leadership · Food Systems · Startups & Social Enterprise · FAO · Pacific Islands · SIDS

ADB Economists’ Forum 2023
Co-designed and facilitated a regional knowledge-sharing platform to foster collaboration and scale best practices.
Tags: Facilitation · Knowledge Exchange · Development Research · ADB · Asia–Pacific

Youth Leadership & Social Enterprise Mentorship
Invited speaker and mentor across international youth programs
Tags: Public Engagement · Thought Leadership · Mentorship · Youth Leadership · Developing Social Enterprise · UNICEF · Hult Prize · YSEALI

Indigenous Coffee, Global Markets, and Sustainability
Anthropological ethnographic research on coffee-growing communities in the Cordillera, Philippines
Tags: MPhil Research · Ethnography · Food Systems · Indigenous Communities · Philippines · Qualitative Research

Alluyon Coffee: Anthropological Impact
Long-term collaboration with farmer communities through community-based coffee production
Tags: Applied Research · Social Enterprise · Indigenous Livelihoods · Coffee · Philippines

Agrifood Accelerator 2022 (Pacific & SIDS)
Led FAO’s regional agrifood accelerator, scaling startup impact across Pacific Island States.
Tags: Project Leadership · Food Systems · Startups & Social Enterprise · FAO · Pacific Islands · SIDS

ADB Economists’ Forum 2023
Co-designed and facilitated a regional knowledge-sharing platform to foster collaboration and scale best practices.
Tags: Facilitation · Knowledge Exchange · Development Research · ADB · Asia–Pacific

Youth Leadership & Social Enterprise Mentorship
Invited speaker and mentor across international youth programs
Tags: Public Engagement · Thought Leadership · Mentorship · Youth Leadership · Developing Social Enterprise · UNICEF · Hult Prize · YSEALI