Valorisation of a local asset: The case of olive oil on Lesvos Island, Greece

Food Policy

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 705-714

  Kizos, Thanasis ^a   Vakoufaris, Hristos ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b A Parodos Ap Apostolou 12 ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Greece; Olive oil; Organic product; Protected Geographical Indication (PGI); Valorisation

Indexed keywords

COMMODITY MARKET; COMPETITIVENESS; FOOD MARKET; FOOD SUPPLY; ORGANIC FARMING; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE OIL;

GREECE; LESBOS; NORTHERN AEGEAN;

EID: 80051904160     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

References (33)

1. Brunori G., Rossi A. Differentiating countryside: Social representations and governance patterns in rural areas with high social density: The case of Chianti, Italy. Journal of Rural Studies 2007, 23(2):183-205.
2. European Commission, 2004. Protection of geographical indications, designations of origin and certificates of specific character for agricultural products and foodstuffs. Working document on the Commission services, Guide to Community Regulations, European Commission, Directorate-General for Agriculture, Luxembourg.
3. Fonte M. Knowledge, food and place: a way of producing, a way of knowing. Sociologia Ruralis: Special Issue on Rural Sustainable Development in the Era of Knowledge Society 2008, 48(3):200-222.
4. Fleskens, L., de Graaff, J. (Eds.) 2008. A Sustainable Future for Olive Production on Sloping Land, The future of olive plantation systems on sloping and mountainous land; scenarios for production and natural resources conservation. Special issue of the Journal of Environmental Management 89(2), 73-142.
5. Goodman D. The quality 'turn' and alternative food practices: reflections and agenda. Journal of Rural Studies 2003, 19:1-7.
6. Gilg A., Battershill M. Quality farm food in Europe: a possible alternative to the industrialised food market and to current agri-environmental policies: lessons from France. Food Policy 1998, 23(1):25-40.
7. Ilbery B., Kneafsey M. Registering regional speciality food and drink products in the United Kingdom: the case of PDOs and PGIs. Area 2000, 32(3):317-325.
8. Ilbery B., Maye D. Food supply chains and sustainability: evidence from specialist food producers in the Scottish/English borders. Land Use Policy 2005, 22(4):331-344.
9. Kizos T., Koulouri M. Agricultural landscape dynamics in the Mediterranean: Lesvos (Greece) case study using evidence from the last three centuries. Environmental Science and Policy 2006, 9(4):330-342.
10. Kizos T., Dalaka A., Petanidou T. Farmers practices and landscape change: evidence from the abandonment of terraced cultivations on Lesvos, Greece. Agriculture and Human Values 2010, 27:199-212.
11. Marsden T. The condition of rural sustainability 2003, Van Gorcum, The Netherlands.
12. Marsden T., Banks J., Bristow G. Food supply chain approaches: exploring their role in rural development. Sociologia Ruralis 2000, 40(4):424-438.
13. Morgan K., Marsden T., Murdoch J. Worlds of Food: Place, Power, and Provenance in the Food Chain 2006, Oxford University Press, Oxford.
14. Morgan S.L., Marsden T., Miele M., Morley A. Agricultural multifunctionality and farmers' entrepreneurial skills: a study of Tuscan and Welsh farmers. Journal of Rural Studies 2010, 26(2):116-129.
15. Moschini G., Menapace L., Pick D. Geographical Indications and the competitive provision of quality in agricultural markets. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 2008, 90(3):794-812.
16. Murdoch J., Marsden T., Banks J. Quality, nature, and embeddedness: some theoretical considerations in the context of the food sector. Economic Geography 2000, 76(2):107-125.
17. Niaounakis, M., Halvadakis, C., 2004. Olive-Mill Waste Management. Typothito - George Dardanos, Athens.
18. Parrott N., Wilson N., Murdoch J. Spatializing quality: regional protection and the alternative geography of food. European Urban and Regional Studies 2002, 9(3):241-261.
19. Quetier F., Marty P., Lepart J. Farmers management practices and land use on an agropastoral landscape: roquefort cheese production as a driver of change. Agricultural Systems 2005, 84:171-193.
20. Renting H., Marsden T., Banks J. Understanding alternative food networks: exploring the role of short food supply chains in rural development. Environment and Planning A 2003, 35:393-411.
21. Rosin C., Campbell H. Beyond bifurcation: Examining the conventions of organic agriculture in New Zealand. Journal of Rural Studies 2008, 25(1):35-47.
22. De Roest K., Menghi A. Reconsidering 'traditional' food: the case of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese. Sociologia Ruralis 2000, 40(4):439-451.
23. Sánchez-Hernández J.L., Aparicio-Amadora J., Alonso-Santosa J.L. The shift between worlds of production as an innovative process in the wine industry in Castile and Leon (Spain). Geoforum 2010, 41(3):469-478.
24. Scheidel A., Krausmann F. Diet, trade and land use: a socio-ecological analysis of the transformation of the olive oil system. Land Use Policy 2011, 28(1):47-56.
25. Sonnino R., Marsden T. Beyond the divide: rethinking relationships between alternative and conventional food networks in Europe. Journal of Economic Geography 2006, 6(2):181-199.
26. Storper M., Salais R. Worlds of Production: The Action Frameworks of the Economy 1997, Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA.
27. Tregear A. From Stilton to Vimto: using food history to re-think typical products in rural development. Sociologia Ruralis 2003, 43(2):91-107.
28. Tregear A., Arfini F., Belletti G., Marescotti A. Regional foods and rural development: the role of product qualification. Journal of Rural Studies 2007, 23(1):12-22.
29. Yakovleva N. Measuring the sustainability of the food supply chain: a case study of the UK. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning 2007, 99(1):75-100.
30. Vakoufaris H. The impact of ladotyri mytilinis PDO cheese on the rural development of Lesvos Island, Greece. Local Environment 2010, 15(1):27-41.
31. Vakoufaris H., Kizos T. Alternative agri-food geographies? Geographic indications in Greece. Tijdschrift voor Economische en Sociale Geografie 2011, 102(2):220-235.
32. Winter M. Geographies of food: agro-food geographies - food, nature, farmers and agency. Progress in Human Geography 2005, 29(5):609-617.
33. Wiskerke J.S.C. On places lost and places regained: reflections on the alternative food geography and sustainable rural development. International Planning Studies 2009, 14(4):369-387.