Geographical Indication and Global Agri-Food Development and Democratization

• Main Authors: Alessandro Bonanno, Hart N. Feuer, Kae Sekine
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2019; Kyoto University; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Earthscan Food and Agriculture
• Subjects: Agrarprodukt; Agri Food Products; Agri Food Sector; Agri Food System; Agri-Food; Agribusiness and primary industries; Agricultural science; Agriculture and farming; Agriculture and Food; America; Appellation of Origin; Asien; Biography & Autobiography; Brasilien; Canada; Concerted Effort; Corporate Agri Food; Development studies; Earth Sciences, Geography, Environment, Planning; Ecology; Economics; Economics of specific sectors; Economics, Finance, Business and Management; Environment law; Environment, transport and planning law: general; Environmental Economics; Environmental policy and protocols; Environmental Science; Environmental Sociology; EU System; Europa; Family Farming; Farm produce; food democracy; Food industry and trade; Food industry and trade > Case studies; Geographical Indication; Geography; Georgia; Georgian Wine; GI Area; GI Label; GI Policy; GI Product; GI Protection; GI Scheme; GI System; global agri-food system; Globalisierung; Globalization; Globalization > Economic aspects > Case studies; Herkunftsbezeichnung; Human geography; Industry and industrial studies; Intellectual Property Law; Interdisciplinary studies; Japan; Law; Laws of specific jurisdictions and specific areas of law; Lebensmittel; Lisbon Agreement; Marks of origin; Marks of origin > Case studies; Mexico; Nature; Neoliberal Agri Food Regime; Neoliberalism; Nonfiction; Nordamerika; North American Free Trade Agreement; Norway; PGI Label; Place-based Labels; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Rural Alliances; Rural Communities; Rural Studies; Science; Serra Da Mantiqueira; Small Scale Rural Producers; Social impact of environmental issues; Social Science; Society and Social Sciences; Socio-economic Development; Socioeconomic Development; Sociology; Sociology and anthropology; Sustainable Agriculture; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; The environment; Trip Agreement; Vice Versa; Wine Sector; Wirtschaftsliberalismus; EU System; Serra Da Mantiqueira; GI Label; Vice Versa; GI Protection; Socioeconomic Development; PGI Label; Agri Food Products; Georgian Wine; Rural Alliances; GI Policy; Trip Agreement; Agri Food System; GI Product; Concerted Effort; Wine Sector; North American Free Trade Agreement; GI Area; Small Scale Rural Producers; GI System; Agri Food Sector; Neoliberal Agri Food Regime; Corporate Agri Food; GI Scheme; Lisbon Agreement
• ISBN: 9780429895135; 0429895135; 9780367727116; 9781138600478; 1138600474; 0367727110; 9780429895111; 0429895119; 9780429470905; 0429895127; 9780429895128; 0429470908
• DOI: 10.4324/9780429470905

This book addresses the relevance of geographical indication (GI) as a tool for local and socio-economic development and democratization of agri-food, with case studies from Asia, Europe and the Americas. A geographical indication is a sign used on products that have a specific geographical origin and possess qualities or a reputation that are due to that origin. It provides not only a way for businesses to leverage the value of their geographically unique products, but also to inform and attract consumers. A highly contested topic, GI is praised as a tool for the revitalization of agricultural communities, while also criticized for being an instrument exploited by global corporate forces to promote their interests. There are concerns that the promotion of GI may hamper the establishment of democratic forms of development. The contributing authors address this topic by offering theoretically informed investigations of GI from around the world. The book includes case studies ranging from green tea in Japan, olive oil in Turkey and dried fish in Norway, to French wine and Mexican Mezcal. It also places GI in the broader context of the evolution and trends of agri-food under neoliberal globalization. The book will be of interest to researchers, policy makers and students in agri-food studies, sociology of food and agriculture, geography, agricultural and rural economics, environmental and intellectual property law, and social development.