O município de Itarema vem obtendo, recentemente, elevados níveis de desenvolvimento em relação aos municípios que compõem a Microrregião do Litoral de Camocim e Acaraú. No entanto, esse município vivencia disparidades de desenvolvimento entre suas comunidades devido, em parte, a...

Free trade has become a modern-day creed, accepted by both wealthy industrialized countries and many governments of developing countries as the generator of economic growth, development and employment. However, free trade has also been condemned by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in...

O turismo no espaço rural é uma atividade que está em evidencia e se mostrando cada vez mais promissora em várias regiões do Brasil. A região de Bonito, Mato Grosso do Sul, é uma das regiões que está sobressaindo nesta atividade, com a preocupação de atender às exigências de...

In many developing countries, regional integration has become a key means of promoting economic growth and fighting poverty. PTAs are increasingly used as engines of change in many developing countries, to promote, implement, and lock in reforms in a wide range of policy areas such as investment...

Geographical Indications (GIs) are names of regions, specific places or, in exceptional cases, countries, used to describe an agricultural product or a foodstuff (EC 510/2006, Art. 2). They have received much attention in the last years not only at the European level, where they stem from, but...

This paper examines the legal and policy relationship reinforcement amongst international standards for GIs, food safety standards, and other claims of quality or safety. The paper addresses those relationships within the context of international trade agreements protecting GIs, such as the 1994...

Geographical indications and designations of origin on agricultural products and foodstuffs are protected according to the Regulation (EU) No 1151/2012 (Regulation). The definitions of geographical indications, designations of origin and the cancellation conditions of protected geographical...

This paper explores the implications of an expansion of the EU milk quota. The paper begins by examining the relative competitiveness of dairy farming in the EU. FADN data is used to derive production cost measures and partial productivity indicators for selected Member States. The results show...