International audience; To identify whether EU certified food – here organic and geographical indications – is more sustainable than a conventional reference, we developed 25 indicators covering the three sustainability pillars. Original data was collected on 52 product...

Abstract This paper estimates the foodmiles (embedded distances) and transport-related carbon emissions of 27 Food Quality Scheme (FQS) products – Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indications (PGI) and organic – and their reference products....

We study the effect of a set of food quality scheme (FQS) products within the local economy using a local multiplier approach based on LM3 methodology. To evaluate the effective contribution within the local area, we compare each FQS product with its equivalent standard...

Abstract The carbon and land footprint of 26 certified food products – geographical indications and organic products and their conventional references are assessed. This assessment goes beyond existing literature by (1) designing a calculation method fit for the compari...

Food quality schemes (FQS: organic and geographical indication products) are often supposed to be more sustainable by their political advocates. We explore the social sustainability advantage of FQS through the lens of supply chains’ bargaining power (BP) distribution. ...

Abstract Shrimp production and exports are important to rural economic development of Vietnam. The growth in production and exports has accelerated in the past decade, but so too have been the losses from natural disasters and diseases. To protect famers from disease lo...

This article addresses the issue of the profitability of Food Quality Scheme (FQS) products as compared to reference products, which are defined as analogous products without quality label. We approach this question by taking into account the level of the value chain (u...

In this paper, we test to what extent Food Quality Schemes (FQS, including Geographical Indications and organic products) contribute to the social and economic sustainability of farmers and regions through employment and education. Through employment, FQS may counter th...

The Phu Quoc fish sauce is a product out of anchovies fished and processed around and on the Vietnamese island of Phu Quoc and sea salt from the area of Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Phan Thiet. The product which has acquired an excellent reputation over the last 200 years thanks...

Buon Ma Thuot city, Dak Lak province is the “coffee capital” of Vietnam, the second largest coffee exporter globally. This chapter aims to (i) analyse the Buon Ma Thuot coffee value chain and the PGI process; (ii) measure the economic, environmental and social impact of...