quality labels and institutional density in the agro food sector, the case of andalusia
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QUALITY LABELS AND INSTITUTIONAL DENSITY IN THE AGRO-FOOD SECTOR:
The Case of Andalusia
Encarnación Aguilar (Universidad de Sevilla)Carmen Lozano (UNED)
Alberto Pérez (Universidad de Sevilla)Ignacio L. Moreno (Universidad de Wageningen)
Introduction
New agro-food context:
New Global Markets
New Consumption PatternsNew Territorial Approach
Introduction
Introduction
What about the Institutional Context?
IntroductionA composition of collective influences which make up the actions of individuals, and as a diversified entity
which follows a dependent path due to the cultural and socio-institutional influences it has inherited”
(Amin, 1998:73)Institutions are Collective Forces
Institutional Density
What are Quality Labels?
Methodology
“We couldn’t compete with other olive tree production areas where the average production is double or triple compared to ours and the costs are half, 50%. So, it was impossible to compete. Therefore, we had to compete in another sector, which was the quality sector”
(President of Cooperative, 56 years old).
The Institutionalisation of PDOs
PDO Date of creation Situation of the PDO Area (Hectares.)
Sierra de Segura 23 April 1993 EU Registration 33.900
Priego de Córdoba 29 November 1995 EU Registration 29.628
Baena 28 December 1995 EU Registration 60.000
Sierra de Cazorla 9 November 2000 EU Registration 31.500
Montes de Granada
5 April 2001 EU Registration 29.358
Sierra de Cádiz 12 June 2002 EU Registration 20.854
Poniente de Granada
25 September 2003
EU Registration 23.293
Estepa 4 November 2004 EU Registration 38.000
Sierra Mágina 28 December 2004 EU Registration 50.000
Antequera 1 April 2005 EU Registration 8.387
Campiñas de Jaén 22 March 2006EU registration
Rejected373.577
Jaén Sierra Sur 25 October 2006EU registration
Rejected44.355
Montoro-Adamuz 26 December 2007 EU Registration 53.126
Lucena 16 November 2009 National Protection 72.438
PDO Sierra de Cádiz
ENTERPRISE 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Troya Cantalejo S.L.
SCA El Agro
SAT 1184 San José Obrero
SCA Oleica Coripeña
SCAA Ntra Sra Remedios
SCA San Antón
Almazara La Pilas
Aceites Blazquez SL
Almazara El Vinculo
SCAA Ntra Sra del Rosario
SCA Sierra del Terril
SCA San Juan Bautista
IGP Aceite de Jaen
Olive Oil PDOs and LAGsTwo different phases
• Pre- LAGs:• Farmers initiatives• Slow increase link to geographic limitations
• With LAGs• More complex interest • Fast increase and geographical re-definitions• Hiding agenda
LAGs interest over farmers pre-disposition towards quality turn
Labelling strategies and Organic Agriculture
Implementing the PAAE
Local strategy for organic agriculture
Local coordination for existing policy areas
and administration levels Local forum for inhabitants
and representatives of Natural Protected Area
Common Strategy for the development of organic agriculture in the protected area
Production Consumption
Conclusions• The institutional support has led to the over-proliferation • The competitive advantages of the first labels have become
widespread
• Public policies are trying to achieve complex objectives for rural areas, but it is also true that institutional overprotectiveness is not the right path
• Existence of false expectations among the groups involved
• Lack of control this region has on the marketing and sales of its olive oil
• Lack of collective vision of agro-food sector
• The link between institutional intervention in the planning of territory development strategies and the expectations of local actors is essential for achieving success in a labelling strategy
• The situation of institutional dependence which many of these projects are subjected to, means a risk for the feasibility of these initiatives
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