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Water Footprint of Food Quality Schemes

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  • Bodini Antonio

    (Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy)

  • Chiussi Sara

    (Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy)

  • Donati Michele

    (Department of Chemistry, Life Sciences and Environmental Sustainability, University of Parma, Parma, Italy)

  • Bellassen Valentin

    (INRA Dijon, UMR CESAER (INRA-D), Dijon, France)

  • Török Áron

    (Corvinus University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary)

  • Dries Lisbeth

    (Department of Social Sciences, Agricultural Economics and Rural Policy,Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands)

  • Ćorić Dubravka Sinčić

    (Department of Marketing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia)

  • Gauvrit Lisa

    (ECOZEPT, Market Research and Consulting, Freising, Germany)

  • Tsakiridou Efthimia

    (Faculty of Economic and Political Sciences, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (AUTh), Thessaloniki, Greece)

  • Majewski Edward

    (Faculty of Economic Sciences, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland)

  • Ristic Bojan

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

  • Stojanovic Zaklina

    (Faculty of Economics, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia)

  • Gil Roig Jose Maria

    (Department of Agri-Food Engineering and Biotechnology, Barcelona School of Agricultural Engineering, CREDA – Centre for Agrifood Economics and Development, Castelldefels, Spain)

  • Lilavanichakul Apichaya

    (Department of Agro-Industrial Technology, Kasetsart University, Bangkok, Thailand)

  • An Nguyễn Quỳnh

    (University of Economics, Ho Chi Min, Viet Nam)

  • Arfini Filippo

    (Department of Economic Sciences, University of Parma, Parma, Italy)

Abstract

Water Footprint (WF, henceforth) is an indicator of water consumption and has taken ground to assess the impact of agricultural production processes over freshwater. The focus of this study was contrasting non-conventional, certified products with identical products obtained through conventional production schemes (REF, henceforth) using WF as a measure of their pressure on water resources. The aim was to the show whether products that are certified as Food Quality Schemes (FQS, henceforth) could also incorporate the lower impact on water among their quality features. To perform this comparison, we analysed 23 products selected among Organic, PDO and PGI as FQS, and their conventional counterparts. By restricting the domain of analysis to the on-farm phase of the production chain, we obtained that that no significant differences emerged between the FQS and REF products. However, if the impact is measured per unit area rather than per unit product, FQS showed a significant reduction in water demand.

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  • Bodini Antonio & Chiussi Sara & Donati Michele & Bellassen Valentin & Török Áron & Dries Lisbeth & Ćorić Dubravka Sinčić & Gauvrit Lisa & Tsakiridou Efthimia & Majewski Edward & Ristic Bojan & Stojano, 2021. "Water Footprint of Food Quality Schemes," Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization, De Gruyter, vol. 19(2), pages 145-160, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bjafio:v:19:y:2021:i:2:p:145-160:n:2
    DOI: 10.1515/jafio-2019-0045
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    • Antonio Bodini & Sara Chiussi & Michele Donati & Valentin Bellassen & Áron Török & Liesbeth Dries & Dubravka Sinčić Ćorić & Lisa Gauvrit & Efthimia Tsakiridou & Edward Majewski & Bojan Ristic & Zaklin, 2021. "Water Footprint of Food Quality Schemes," Post-Print hal-03267194, HAL.

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