Foodmiles: The Logistics of Food Chains Applied to Food Quality Schemes

Marion Drut (), Federico Antonioli, Michael Böhm, Ruzica Brečić, Liesbeth Dries, Hugo Ferrer-Pérez, Lisa Gauvrit, Việt Hoàng, Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes, Apichaya Lilavanichakul, Edward Majewski, Orachos Napasintuwong, An Nguyễn, Konstadinos Mattas, Bojan Ristic, Burkhard Schaer, Torvald Tangeland, Marina Tomić Maksan, Peter Csillag, Aron Torok, Efthimia Tsakiridou, Mario Veneziani, Gunnar Vittersø and Valentin Bellassen ()
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Marion Drut: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Federico Antonioli: UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma
Michael Böhm: Ecozept - Partenaires INRAE
Ruzica Brečić: University of Zagreb
Liesbeth Dries: WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
Lisa Gauvrit: Ecozept - Partenaires INRAE
Việt Hoàng: UEH - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes: HiOA - Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences [Oslo]
Apichaya Lilavanichakul: KU - Kasetsart University [Bangkok, Thailand]
Edward Majewski: SGGW - Warsaw University of Life Sciences
An Nguyễn: UEH - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
Konstadinos Mattas: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Bojan Ristic: University of Belgrade [Belgrade]
Burkhard Schaer: Ecozept - Partenaires INRAE
Torvald Tangeland: HiOA - Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences [Oslo]
Marina Tomić Maksan: University of Zagreb
Peter Csillag: ECO-SENSUS Research and Communication Non-profit Ltd
Efthimia Tsakiridou: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Gunnar Vittersø: HiOA - Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences [Oslo]
Valentin Bellassen: CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement
Authors registered in the RePEc Author Service: Hugo Ferrer Pérez

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Abstract: Abstract This paper estimates the foodmiles (embedded distances) and transport-related carbon emissions of 27 Food Quality Scheme (FQS) products – Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) and organic – and their reference products. It goes further than the existing literature by adopting a value chain perspective, instead of the traditional consumer perspective, and focusing on FQS products. The same methodology is applied across all the case studies. The article specifically investigates the determinants of differences between FQS and their references. FQS products travel significantly shorter distances (−30%) and generate significantly lower transport-related emissions (−23%) than conventional food products. The differences are even greater for vegetal and organic products. The relationship between distance and transport-related emissions is not exactly proportional and highlights the importance of transport modes and logistics, in particular for exports and imports. Finally, we stress the importance of the spatial distribution of the different stages in the value chains (e.g. production, processing). PDO technical specifications delimit a geographical area for production and processing, thereby limiting distances and transport-related emissions compared to conventional food products, but also compared to other types of FQS.

Keywords: foodmiles; food quality schemes (FQS); transport; logistics; carbon emissions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021-05-13
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Published in Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2021, 19 (2), pp.127-143. ⟨10.1515/jafio-2019-0040⟩

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DOI: 10.1515/jafio-2019-0040

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