Water Footprint of Food Quality Schemes

Bodini Antonio (), Chiussi Sara, Donati Michele, Bellassen Valentin, Aron Torok, Dries Lisbeth, Dubravka Sinčić Ćorić, Gauvrit Lisa, Tsakiridou Efthimia, Majewski Edward, Ristic Bojan, Stojanovic Zaklina, Gil Roig Jose Maria, Lilavanichakul Apichaya, An Nguyễn Quỳnh and Arfini Filippo
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Bodini Antonio: Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Chiussi Sara: Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Donati Michele: Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
Bellassen Valentin: INRA Dijon, UMR CESAER (INRA-D), Dijon, France
Dries Lisbeth: Department of Social Sciences, Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy,Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Gauvrit Lisa: ECOZEPT, Market Research and Consulting, Freising, Germany
Tsakiridou Efthimia: Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, Greece
Majewski Edward: Faculty of Economic Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
Ristic Bojan: Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Stojanovic Zaklina: Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Gil Roig Jose Maria: Department of Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Barcelona School of Agricultural Engineering, CREDA – Centre for Agrifood Economics and Development, Castelldefels, Spain
Lilavanichakul Apichaya: Department of Agro-Industrial Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand
An Nguyễn Quỳnh: University of Economics, Ho Chi Min, Viet Nam
Arfini Filippo: Department of Economic Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2021, vol. 19, issue 2, 145-160

Abstract: Water Footprint (WF, henceforth) is an indicator of water consumption and has taken ground to assess the impact of agricultural production processes over freshwater. The focus of this study was contrasting non-conventional, certified products with identical products obtained through conventional production schemes (REF, henceforth) using WF as a measure of their pressure on water resources. The aim was to the show whether products that are certified as Food Quality Schemes (FQS, henceforth) could also incorporate the lower impact on water among their quality features. To perform this comparison, we analysed 23 products selected among Organic, PDO and PGI as FQS, and their conventional counterparts. By restricting the domain of analysis to the on-farm phase of the production chain, we obtained that that no significant differences emerged between the FQS and REF products. However, if the impact is measured per unit area rather than per unit product, FQS showed a significant reduction in water demand.

Keywords: agricultural production; crop water requirement; evapotranspiration; irrigation; yield; water footprint (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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