Geographical indications and international agricultural trade
Subtitle: the challenge for Asia
By: edited by Louis Augustin-Jean, Hélène Ilbert, and Neantro Saavedra-Rivano
Contributors: Saavedra Rivano, Neantro, 1946-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire; New York, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 263
ISBN-13: 9780230355750
Subjects: Agricultural produce; Agriculture and state; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Quality Control; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Commodities
Description: Food safety issues and economic growth have boosted the demand for quality food in Asian countries. In this context, the existence of traditional products with a long history has caused a proliferation of new geographical indications such as the famous Chinese longjing tea or Japanese sake.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Geographical indications and international trade / Neantro Saavedra-Rivano; title: Are foodmarkets special markets? / Philippe Steiner; title: Standardization vs. products of origins : what kinds of agricultural products have the potential to become a protected geographical indication? / Louis Augustin-Jean; title: The multidimensional definition of quality / Gilles Allaire; title: Products with denominations of origin and intellectual property rights : the international bargaining process / Hélène Ilbert; title: The concept of terroir as the basis of corporate strategy in agribusiness : the European social, economic and institutional mode / Jean-Louis Rastoin; title: From products of origin to geographical indications in Japan : perspectives on the construction of quality for the emblematic productions of Kobe and Matsusaka beef / Louis Augustin-Jean and Sekine Kae; title: The development of geographical standards for sake in Japan / Nicolas Baumert; title: An export niche in the Philippines : the commodification of a specialty rice in Ifugao Province / Suyako Sekimoto and Louis Augustin-Jean; title: Geographical indication and institutional organization of food market in China : a case study of Jinhua Ham / Wang Guihong; title: Terroir and green tea in China : the case of Meijiawu Dragon Well (Longjing) tea / Selina Chan.