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Water Footprint of Food Quality Schemes

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  • Antonio Bodini

    (UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma)

  • Sara Chiussi

    (UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma)

  • Michele Donati

    (UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma)

  • Valentin Bellassen

    (CESAER - Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux - AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement - INRAE - Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement)

  • Áron Török

    (Corvinus University of Budapest)

  • Liesbeth Dries

    (WUR - Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen])

  • Dubravka Sinčić Ćorić

    (Faculty of Economics [Zagreb] - University of Zagreb)

  • Lisa Gauvrit

    (Ecozept - Partenaires INRAE)

  • Efthimia Tsakiridou

    (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki)

  • Edward Majewski

    (SGGW - Warsaw University of Life Sciences)

  • Bojan Ristic

    (University of Belgrade [Belgrade])

  • Zaklina Stojanovic

    (University of Belgrade [Belgrade])

  • Jose Maria Gil Roig

    (CREDA - Centre for Agro-Food Economy & Development, UPC-IRTA, Castelldefels, Spain - UPC - Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya = Université polytechnique de Catalogne [Barcelona])

  • Apichaya Lilavanichakul

    (KU - Kasetsart University [Bangkok, Thailand])

  • Nguyễn Quỳnh An

    (School of Economics [University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City] - UEH - University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City)

  • Filippo Arfini

    (UNIPR - Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma)

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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  • 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.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-03267194
    DOI: 10.1515/jafio-2019-0045
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    1. Regolo, Julie & Gendre, Cédric & Poméon, Thomas, 2025. "Does the geographical indications protection policy encourage more sustainable agriculture in the territories? Moving from claims to empirical evidence," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 238(C).
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