Water Footprint of Food Quality Schemes
2021
Bodini, Antonio | Chiussi, Sara | Donati, Michele | Bellassen, Valentin | Török, Áron | Dries, Liesbeth | Ćorić, Dubravka, Sinčić | Gauvrit, Lisa | Tsakiridou, Efthimia | Majewski, Edward | Ristic, Bojan | Stojanovic, Zaklina | Gil Roig, Jose Maria | Lilavanichakul, Apichaya | An, Nguyễn Quỳnh | Arfini, Filippo | Università degli studi di Parma = University of Parma (UNIPR) | Centre d'Economie et de Sociologie Rurales Appliquées à l'Agriculture et aux Espaces Ruraux (CESAER) ; AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Institut National de Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l’Alimentation et l’Environnement (INRAE) | Corvinus University of Budapest | Wageningen University and Research [Wageningen] (WUR) | Faculty of Economics [Zagreb] ; University of Zagreb | Ecozept ; Partenaires INRAE | Aristotle University of Thessaloniki | Warsaw University of Life Sciences (SGGW) | University of Belgrade [Belgrade] | Centre for Agro-Food Economy & Development, UPC-IRTA, Castelldefels, Spain (CREDA) ; Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya = Université polytechnique de Catalogne [Barcelona] (UPC) | Kasetsart University [Bangkok, Thailand] (KU) | School of Economics [University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City] ; University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH)
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Show more [+] Less [-]English. 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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