Author, as appears in the article.: Castelló E

Department: Estudis de Comunicació

URV's Author/s: Castelló Cogollos, Enric

Keywords: Traditional specialities Systems Socio-economic factors Protected geographical indications Policy making Labels Geographical indications Food quality Food labels Food Designations of origin Agricultural products Additional designations of origin

Abstract: © 2020 INIA. Aim of study: How are successful applications for quality labels for food and agricultural products written? This research aims to answer this question through the study of the applications for three quality labels within the EU Scheme for Agricultural and Foodstuffs: Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranteed (TSG). The research focuses in determining the topics and narratives that describe the link with the geographical area for the two former and the traditional character for the latter. Area of study: Europe. Material and methods: Using a Qualitative Data Analysis, the research analyses 132 products registered on the scheme between January 2016 and April 2019. The researcher categorized a total of 1,724 excerpts and studied the sections on the link with the geographical area for PDOs and PGIs, and the key elements establishing the product’s traditional character for TSGs. Main results: Main results offer quantitative and qualitative outputs. They indicate that cultural and social issues make up the half of the story arguing about the products, and natural, space/place and time/history make up the second half in proportions that depend on the type of scheme. Topic and storytelling analyses revealed particular understandings of place, origins and traditions in narratives developing on agriculture, history and knowledge transference between generations. The applicants used socio-economic particularities, regional history, and environmental uniqueness to justify the special character of products. Research highlights: The results give practitioners, policymakers and institutions guidelines and recommendations about how to structure and write their applications for quality labels for food and agricultural products.

Thematic Areas: Zootecnia / recursos pesqueiros Odontología Medicina veterinaria Medicina ii Interdisciplinar Engenharias ii Ciências ambientais Ciências agrárias i Ciência de alimentos Agronomy and crop science Agriculture, multidisciplinary Administração pública e de empresas, ciências contábeis e turismo

licence for use: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/

ISSN: 1695971X

Author's mail: enric.castello@urv.cat

Author identifier: 0000-0003-2154-2450

Record's date: 2023-02-19

Papper version: info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion

Link to the original source: https://revistas.inia.es/index.php/sjar/article/view/16192

Licence document URL: http://repositori.urv.cat/ca/proteccio-de-dades/

Papper original source: Spanish Journal Of Agricultural Research. 18 (2): 1-12

APA: Castelló E (2020). Storytelling in applications for the EU quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs: Place, origin and tradition. Spanish Journal Of Agricultural Research, 18(2), 1-12. DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2020182-16192

Article's DOI: 10.5424/sjar/2020182-16192

Entity: Universitat Rovira i Virgili

Journal publication year: 2020

Publication Type: Journal Publications