Geographical Indications and Public Good Relationships: Evidence and Policy Implications

Maria Mancini, Marianna Guareschi, Valentin Bellassen (valentin.bellassen@inrae.fr) and Filippo Arfini
Additional contact information
Maria Mancini: Department of Economics and Management, University of Parma, Italy
Marianna Guareschi: UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma
Valentin Bellassen: CESAER - Centre d'économie et de sociologie rurales appliquées à l'agriculture et aux espaces ruraux - UBFC - Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté [COMUE] - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro Dijon - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement
Filippo Arfini: UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: In the European context, geographical indications (GIs) are tools that contribute to the achievement of rural development policy objectives. In this article, we propose that GI value chains produce positive environmental, social and economic benefits, defined as Public Goods (PGs), resulting from the rules defined in the Code of Specifications (CoS). This article reports the main results of the Strength2food H2020 project, designed to assessing the impact of GIs (through their CoSs) on agri-food system sustainability. Specifically, this report highlights that GI CoSs may generate PGs through the rules codified in CoSs presented as good practices in the production of PGs for other GI systems. Some final recommendations are proposed from the analysis of those good practices which contribute to the generation of PGs and, consequently, to the improvement of a sustainable rural development process. Case studies analysed show that generation of PGs requires both an internal and external intervention. The former intervention implies governance strategies for GI territorial systems and value chains that can improve the production of PGs. The latter intervention entails consumers and other stakeholder communication strategies to raise awareness regarding PG generation. These interventions will ultimately increase the social value of GIs.

Keywords: Geographical indications; public good; sustainability; environment; food; quality (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022-08-26
New Economics Papers: this item is included in nep-agr and nep-env
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03813338v1
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in EuroChoices, 2022, online, ⟨10.1111/1746-692X.12360⟩

Downloads: (external link)
https://hal.inrae.fr/hal-03813338v1/document (application/pdf)

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03813338

DOI: 10.1111/1746-692X.12360

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD (hal@ccsd.cnrs.fr).