Representativeness in geographical indications: A comparison between the state-driven and producer-driven systems in Vietnam and France

Barbara Pick and Delphine Marie-Vivien ()
Additional contact information
Barbara Pick: LSE - London School of Economics and Political Science
Delphine Marie-Vivien: UMR Innovation - Innovation et Développement dans l'Agriculture et l'Alimentation - Cirad - Centre de Coopération Internationale en Recherche Agronomique pour le Développement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement - Institut Agro - Montpellier SupAgro - Institut Agro - Institut national d'enseignement supérieur pour l'agriculture, l'alimentation et l'environnement

Post-Print from HAL

Abstract: This paper explores the issues of representativeness and participation in the collective processes involved in the elaboration of the geographical indications (GI) specifications and the governance of the GI initiatives. The objective is to understand the relationship among collective dynamics, representativeness of relevant stakeholders, and the legal frameworks for the protection of GIs. Using a qualitative methodology based on an analysis of six case studies in France and Vietnam, we show the role of the law in shaping the different ways of understanding and implementing the concept of representativeness in the French producer-led and the Vietnamese state-driven approaches to GI protection. In France, the GI specifications result from negotiations among all legitimate stakeholders, which may prove long, complex, and lead to standards that can continue to be challenged after the GI registration. We also argue that the rules for the representation of all GI users in the decision-making processes do not necessarily lead to fairness. In Vietnam, local stakeholders usually have a consultative role under the authority of the State, resulting in their little understanding and low use of the GI. Their empowerment is further hindered by the involvement of state authorities in the management of the producers' associations. We conclude by discussing in-between solutions to promote the producers' representation and participation.

Keywords: Collective dynamics; France; Viet Nam; organisation de producteurs; association professionnelle; gouvernance; provenance; partie intéressée; Geographical indications; Representativeness; Producers’ groups; Legal frameworks; Représentativité; Vietnam; Specifications; Producer-driven; State-driven (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
Note: View the original document on HAL open archive server: https://hal.science/hal-05177438v1
References: Add references at CitEc
Citations:

Published in Sustainability, 2021, 13 (9), pp.5056. ⟨10.3390/su13095056⟩

Downloads: (external link)
https://hal.science/hal-05177438v1/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-05177438

DOI: 10.3390/su13095056

Access Statistics for this paper

More papers in Post-Print from HAL
Bibliographic data for series maintained by CCSD ().