The establishment of Geographical Indications (GI) can be considered like an instrument, that from initiative of public policies of rural development, can have application for the protection of territorial agri-food productions that present tipicity. In the case of being Local Agri-food Systems...

In this paper we develop a multi-regional general equilibrium model (MEG-R) to compare the social desirability of the CAP reform in the three Italian macro-regions: North, Center and South. The model employs a mixed complementary framework that allows for the decision of not producing a...

The TOP-MARD research project (Toward a Policy Model of Multifunctional Agriculture and Rural Development), that will be here described in its Italian version, links farmers’ behaviour with their economic, social and environmental effects, showing the difference between a behaviour guided by...

This paper focuses on the estimation of changes in economic welfare (real income) on different groups (income deciles) of Hungarian and Romanian consumers following food price changes as a result of accession to the European Union (EU) in 2004 and 2007. It identifies in both countries those...

In recent times, the search for a new relationship with nature, of quality and safety of foodstuffs and in particular the need for “identity”, of characterizing places as bearers of values and traditions have led an increasing number of people to see rural areas as places of values,...

El sector de la alimentación se enfrenta últimamente a un mercado cada vez más competitivo y más globalizado, donde las diferencias culturales parecen ser un aspecto importante de la adopción y difusión de innovaciones internacionales. Los diferentes grupos culturales difieren en su...

El objetivo de este estudio es identificar y recopilar información y datos sobre la trucha en Campos do Jordão que indica el potencial del producto para obtener una indicación geográfica. La metodología de la investigación se caracteriza por ser exploratoria mixto, tiene como objetivo...

En la actualidad, la producción y transformación de alimentos son actividades en las que se articulan estrategias locales y globales. De frente a la sociedad del conocimiento, se requiere la incorporación de conocimiento en la generación de valor, en particular el conocimiento introducido...

Some Localised Agro-Food Systems (LAFS) are traditionally qualified as success stories (Comté PDO in France, Gruyere PDO in Switzerland, Parmigiano Reggiano PDO in Italy), whilst other PDOs (as for example the Cantal PDO from France) pay the same price for the milk as standard milk. The price...