Millet M., Keast V., Gonano S., Casabianca F. (2020). Product qualification as a means of identifying sustainability pathways for place-based agri-food systems : the case of the GI Corsican grapefruit (France). Sustainability, 01/09/2020, vol. 12, n. 17, p. 1-22.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177148
https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177148
Titre : | Product qualification as a means of identifying sustainability pathways for place-based agri-food systems : the case of the GI Corsican grapefruit (France) (2020) |
Auteurs : | M. Millet ; V. Keast ; S. Gonano ; F. Casabianca |
Type de document : | Article |
Dans : | Sustainability (vol. 12, n. 17, September 2020) |
Article en page(s) : | p. 1-22 |
Langues : | Anglais |
Langues du résumé : | Anglais |
Catégories : |
Catégories principales 04 - DEVELOPPEMENT LOCAL ET REGIONAL ; 4.3 - Appellations liées au Territoire. Produits du Terroir. QualitéThésaurus IAMM SYSTEME ALIMENTAIRE ALTERNATIF ; MAGASIN DE PROXIMITE ; INDICATION GEOGRAPHIQUE PROTEGEE ; PRODUIT DU TERROIR ; QUALITE ; TERRITOIRE ; CHAINE DE VALEUR ; DEVELOPPEMENT DURABLE ; GASPILLAGE ALIMENTAIRE ; PRODUIT REGIONAL ; AGRUME ; POMELO ; FRANCE ; CORSE |
Résumé : | Existing frameworks offer a holistic way to evaluate a food system based on sustainability indicators but can fall short of offering clear direction. To analyze the sustainability of a geographical indication (GI) system, we adopt a product-centered approach that begins with understanding the product qualification along the value-chain. We use the case of the GI Corsican grapefruit focusing on understanding the quality criteria priorities from the orchard to the store. Our results show that certain compromises written into the Code of Practices threaten the systems sustainability. Today the GI allows the fruit to be harvested before achieving peak maturity and expectations on visual quality lead to high levels of food waste. Its primary function is to help penetrate mainstream export markets and to optimize labor and infrastructure. Analyzing the stakeholders choices of qualification brings to light potential seeds for change in the short run such as later springtime harvests, diversification of the marketing channels, and more leniency on the fruits aesthetics. These solutions lead us to reflect on long-term pathways to sustainable development such as reinforcing the fruits typicality, reducing food waste, reorganizing human resources, and embedding the fruit into its territory and the local culture. |
Cote : | En ligne |
URL / DOI : | https://doi.org/10.3390/su12177148 |