Are Geographical Indications a Wise Strategy for Developing Country Farmers? Greenfields, Clawbacks and Monopoly Rents

Yeung, May T.; Kerr, William A.

doi:10.1111/j.1747-1796.2011.00423.x

Cited by 26 publications

(28 citation statements)

References 18 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Unclassified

Order By: Relevance

“…The case study of Jarabacoa illustrates how the presence of constraining factors during the GI building process can lead to an ineffective and unfair CoP (Yeung and Kerr, 2011). Although some aspects of this result stem from very context-specific factors, others are linked to characteristics that are common to many coffee production systems all over the world, such as the lack of quality and reputation coupled with high quality potential, and unbalanced bargaining power and information asymmetries within the stakeholders in the local production system.…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Constraining Building Effective and Fair Geographical Indications for Coffee: Insights from a Dominican Case Study

Galtier

Belletti

Marescotti

2013

Development Policy Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The commodity nature of green coffee is the main cause of the ‘coffee paradox’ (falling producer prices and rising consumer prices). Geographical Indications (GIs) may be an effective ‘decommodifier’ of the coffee market, but many constraints have to be overcome. Based on an analysis of how the characteristics of the coffee production system shape the positions of local stakeholders and, thus, the GI building process, this article identifies some constraining factors that can seriously undermine the capacity the GI has to decommodify the market and attain a fairer distribution of the benefits for local producers.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Factors Constraining Building Effective and Fair Geographical Indications for Coffee: Insights from a Dominican Case Study

Galtier

Belletti

Marescotti

2013

Development Policy Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…6 Organoleptic properties are the aspects of food, water or other substances that an individual experiences via the senses including taste, sight, smell, and touch. CLARK AND KERR | 99 7 Yeung and Kerr (2011) provide a discussion of the limits to the protection provided by GIs. Of course, GIs do not prevent the production and marketing of duplicate or similar products as long as the GI label is not used-for example, fortified red wine marketed as Pipe in Port style bottles (Kerr, 2006).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Institutional adaptation to change is an issue that has affected a range of groupings of farmers including traditional agricultural co‐operatives (Fairbairn, ; LeVay, ), new generation agricultural cooperatives (Fulton et al, ), and organic producer organizations (Clark, ; Khaledi, Weseen, Sawyer, Ferguson, & Gray, ). Yeung and Kerr () outline some of the difficulties faced by the farmer groups holding GIs when confronted with pressures to change that are unrelated to climate change. Adaptation in institutions with group‐based decision‐making can be a major challenge.…”

Section: Climate Change and Gis Based On Terroirmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Yeung and Kerr () provide a discussion of the limits to the protection provided by GIs. Of course, GIs do not prevent the production and marketing of duplicate or similar products as long as the GI label is not used—for example, fortified red wine marketed as Pipe in Port style bottles (Kerr, ).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Of course, enjoying a GI designation is not a guarantee of profitability (Giovannucci et al, ; Yeung & Kerr, ).…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Climate change andterroir: The challenge of adapting geographical indications

Clark¹,

Kerr

2017

World Intellectual Property

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

The concept of terroir is often included in legal descriptions of Geographical Indicators (GIs). GIs are intellectual property that recognizes a food, beverage, or artisan product as holding distinct properties based on geographic origin. GIs are used to indicate these distinctions while deterring the sale of products carrying similar labels without having the GI determined qualities. Climate change and its effects on aspects of terroir such as rainfall, water availability, soil quality, and temperature is already having an effect on some production aspects crucial to what brings distinctiveness to GI products based on terroir. These factors raise questions as to how conceptions of terroir and the formalized rules underpinning the distinctiveness of GIs are evolving in the face of climatological changes. This paper discusses how climate change may influence how terroir is encoded in legally recognized GIs and how this will influence international regulation, recognition, and trade flows in GI‐protected food and beverages. It discusses the relationship between GIs, credence attributes and the legal recognition of terroir. It then explores three options for products with GIs based on terroir that are experiencing climate change: product quality change, definitional change, or re‐interpreting the boundaries of terroir relevant to the GI distinction.

show abstract

Traditional Foods, Territorial Boundaries and the TRIPS Agreement: The Case of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie

Rippon

2013

World Intellectual Property

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Agreement are actualised through the national legislation of each World Trade Organization (WTO) member. This occurred in the EU at the time of the Melton Mowbray example via Regulation 2081/92. The paper draws upon material gleaned from interviews with the Melton Mowbray producers and Chairman of the MMPPA which are supplemented by transcripts of the legal conflict which pitted the MMPPA against a powerful rival manufacturer. The MMPPA argued that its adversary was too distant from Melton Mowbray and that it applied inauthentic methods of production. The out-of-place producer, in response, claimed that the "Melton Mowbray" name was generic and hence ineligible for GI protection. This detailed study of one of Britain's most iconic regional foods investigates the conceptual and legal infrastructure that is common to all GIs. It provides an in-depth analysis of the constructions of place, boundaries and tradition that are deployed to generate GIs and legitimise the system. Moreover, this work demonstrates that the intricacies and nuances of the GI model can result in differing interpretations of these notions and thus lead to legal challenges from aggrieved producers.

show abstract

Are Geographical Indications a Wise Strategy for Developing Country Farmers? Greenfields, Clawbacks and Monopoly Rents

Cited by 26 publications

References 18 publications

Factors Constraining Building Effective and Fair Geographical Indications for Coffee: Insights from a Dominican Case Study

Factors Constraining Building Effective and Fair Geographical Indications for Coffee: Insights from a Dominican Case Study

Climate change andterroir: The challenge of adapting geographical indications

Traditional Foods, Territorial Boundaries and the TRIPS Agreement: The Case of the Melton Mowbray Pork Pie

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About