Water Footprint of Food Quality Schemes

Antonio Bodini, Sara Chiussi, Michele Donati, Valentin Bellassen (), Aron Torok, Liesbeth Dries, Dubravka Sinčić Ćorić, Lisa Gauvrit, Efthimia Tsakiridou, Edward Majewski, Bojan Ristic, Zaklina Stojanovic, Jose Maria Gil Roig, Apichaya Lilavanichakul, Nguyễn Quỳnh An and Filippo Arfini
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Antonio Bodini: UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma
Sara Chiussi: UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma
Michele Donati: UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma
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
Liesbeth Dries: WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen]
Lisa Gauvrit: Ecozept - Partenaires INRAE
Efthimia Tsakiridou: Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Edward Majewski: SGGW - Warsaw University of Life Sciences
Bojan Ristic: University of Belgrade [Belgrade]
Zaklina Stojanovic: University of Belgrade [Belgrade]
Jose Maria Gil Roig: CREDA - Centre for Agro-Food Economy & Development, UPC-IRTA, Castelldefels, Spain - UPC - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya = Université polytechnique de Catalogne [Barcelona]
Apichaya Lilavanichakul: KU - Kasetsart University [Bangkok, Thailand]
Nguyễn Quỳnh An: School of Economics [University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City] - UEH - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City
Filippo Arfini: UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma

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Abstract: 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: 2021-05-13
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Published in Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, 2021, 19 (2), pp.145-160. ⟨10.1515/jafio-2019-0045⟩

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DOI: 10.1515/jafio-2019-0045

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