The growth of high value agri-food trade and origin-based marketing strategies has triggered a vigorous debate over the need to protect Geographical Indications (GIs). While domestic protection is a first step, international recognition is crucial for export products. Argentina has not yet...

In recent years, the European Union is stressing the importance of monitoring and evaluating its policies, among which the common agricultural policy plays an important role. Policy evaluation, in order to provide reliable results on which to take important legislative decisions, should rely on...

On-farm product differentiation represents a valuable opportunity for mountain agriculture. Consumers appreciate mountain products' characteristics, but when signalling instruments are lacking, consumers might not be able to recognize (and pay for) them. Through a choice experiment, this paper...