Authors: Marion Drut, Federico Antonioli, Michael Böhm, Ruzica Brečić, Liesbeth Dries, Hugo Ferrer-Pérez, Lisa Gauvrit, Việt Hoàng, Kamilla Knutsen Steinnes, Apichaya Lilavanichakul, Edward Majewski, Orachos Napasintuwong, An Nguyễn, Konstadinos Mattas, Bojan Ristic, Burkhard Schaer, Torvald Tangeland, Marina Tomić Maksan, Peter Csillag, Áron Török, Efthimia Tsakiridou, Mario Veneziani, Gunnar Vittersø, Valentin Bellassen

Venue: Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization

Type: Article

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. It goes further than the existing literature by adopting a value chain perspective, instead of the traditional consumer perspective, and focusing on FQS products. The same methodology is applied across all the case studies. The article specifically investigates the determinants of di... (read more)

DOI: 10.1515/jafio-2019-0040