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Sustainability of European Food Quality Schemes - Multi-Performance, Structure, and Governance of PDO, PGI, and Organic Agri-Food Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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Sustainability of European Food Quality Schemes - Multi-Performance, Structure, and Governance of PDO, PGI, and Organic Agri-Food Systems (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2019)
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This edited volume evaluates recent EU quality policy, focusing on
the structure, governance, technical specifications and
performances - economic, environmental and social - of Food Quality
Schemes (FQS) in the European Union and South East Asia. The
intended benefits of FQS include generating a fair return for
farmers and producers, and enabling consumers to make
better-informed purchasing choices through effective labeling. In
addition, policy makers now consider FQS as a means of guaranteeing
not only quality in food production, but also sustainability.
Despite these potential benefits, the economic performance of the
FQS (e.g. PDO, PGI, organic) has been variable. While some support
significant value-added production, with substantial benefits to
producers, consumers and wider economies, many others have failed
to become economically sustainable. In addition, the environmental
and social performance of FQS remains largely unexamined, with the
exception of the environmental performance of organic products. The
editors examine these discrepancies and offer a nuanced evaluation
of the effectiveness of such policies. Several unique features make
this volume a key resource for those interested in FQS and in the
sustainability of food products. The editors provide a concise
description of the value chain, the governance and the technical
specifications of 27 FQS in Europe and South East Asia. The editors
also provide a sustainability assessment of each of these FQS, and
support or question the view that FQS are moving from "quality" to
"sustainability." Finally, the volume serves as a repository of key
data on these FQS. Readers have access to the raw data necessary to
compute the indicators used in the sustainability assessment (eg.
value added, number of jobs, quantity of fertilizers, etc),
allowing them to conduct novel re-analysis. The book is designed
for an interdisciplinary audience of academics, policy makers, and
stakeholders. The compilation of FQS case studies makes it a useful
reference for researchers and students of food policy, geography,
food anthropology, local and rural development, local agri-food
systems and agri-food chains. Stakeholders such as national and
European regulators, entities responsible for FQS technical
specifications, and embassy staff will also find the information
relevant. Additionally, individuals helping to implement food
quality schemes, including auditors, producers, and consumer
associates, as well as stakeholders in the sustainability of food
products, including farmers, farmer's associations, and
environmental NGOs, will also find the information relevant and
important for their work.
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