TY - BOOK ID - 50830531 TI - Sustainability of European Food Quality Schemes : Multi-Performance, Structure, and Governance of PDO, PGI, and Organic Agri-Food Systems AU - Arfini, Filippo. AU - Bellassen, Valentin. PY - 2019 SN - 3030275086 3030275078 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Agriculture. KW - Food—Biotechnology. KW - Environmental policy. KW - Agricultural economics. KW - Food Science. KW - Environmental Policy. KW - Agricultural Economics. KW - Food KW - Safety measures. KW - Foods KW - Dinners and dining KW - Home economics KW - Table KW - Cooking KW - Diet KW - Dietaries KW - Gastronomy KW - Nutrition KW - Agrarian question KW - Agribusiness KW - Agricultural economics KW - Agricultural production economics KW - Agriculture KW - Production economics, Agricultural KW - Land use, Rural KW - Environment and state KW - Environmental control KW - Environmental management KW - Environmental protection KW - Environmental quality KW - State and environment KW - Environmental auditing KW - Farming KW - Husbandry KW - Industrial arts KW - Life sciences KW - Food supply KW - Economic aspects KW - Government policy KW - Agricultura sostenible KW - Política alimentària KW - Política ambiental KW - Europa KW - Àsia del Sud KW - Política governamental KW - Avaluació d'impacte ambiental KW - Dret ambiental KW - Ecotaxa KW - Gestió ambiental KW - Justícia ambiental KW - Pagaments per serveis ambientals KW - Planificació ambiental KW - Política hidràulica KW - Auditoria ambiental KW - Llicències d'emissió transferibles KW - Protecció ambiental KW - Estat i medi ambient KW - Medi ambient i Estat KW - Ordenació ambiental KW - Política del medi ambient KW - Política ecològica KW - Política mediambiental KW - Política social KW - Dret a l'alimentació KW - Alimentació i Estat KW - Estat i alimentació KW - Política de la nutrició KW - Política nutricional KW - Agricultura KW - Silvicultura sostenible KW - Agricultura biològica KW - Agricultura de conservació KW - Desenvolupament sostenible KW - Ecologia agrícola KW - Sistemes agrícoles KW - Agricultura alternativa KW - Agricultura integrada KW - Agricultura viable KW - Conreus integrats KW - Producció agrícola integrada KW - Producció integrada (Agricultura) KW - Àsia meridional KW - Orient KW - Bangla Desh KW - Bhutan KW - Índia KW - Maldives KW - Nepal KW - Pakistan KW - Sri Lanka KW - Estats i territoris KW - Euràsia KW - Alps KW - Camí de Sant Jaume KW - Corredor Mediterrani KW - Danubi (Europa : Curs d'aigua) KW - Europa central KW - Europa de l'Est KW - Europa del Nord KW - Europa del Sud KW - Europa occidental KW - Països de la Unió Europea KW - Rin (Europa : Curs d'aigua) KW - Roine (Europa : Curs d'aigua) KW - Tràcia (Regió històrica) UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:50830531 AB - 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. Initiatives such as EU Regulation No. 1151/2012 are relatively novel policies that seek to improve and promote the operation of schemes to protect geographical indications (GIs) for agri‐food products. The intended benefits of protecting GIs include generating a fair return for farmers and producers for the qualities of particular goods, and enabling consumers to make better‐informed purchasing choices through effective labeling. In addition, policy makers are now considering FQS as a means of not only guaranteeing quality in food production, but also sustainability. Despite these potential benefits, the economic performance of the FQS (e.g. PDO, PGI, organic) and individual GIs has been variable. While some GIs 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 which has been assessed in several instances through life cycle assessments. . ER -