Possibilities and effects of protection of geographical origin of agricultural products - case study of “Glamoc Potato”
2020
Ostojić, Aleksandar | Vaško | Subić, Jonel | Jeločnik, Marko | Andrei, Jean Vasile
One form of product differentiation, especially agricultural products and foodstuffs, is their geographical protection. Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH), throughadoption of the Rulebook on Quality Systems for Food Products, become fullycompliant with the EU Regulation 1151/2012. However, geographical protectionof agri-food products in BiH is still in its early stage. The aim of the paper is topresent the possibilities of protection of geographical indications in accordancewith the existing regulations, as well as the effects that would be achieved in caseof protection of geographical origin on the example of Glamoc potato. Productionof Glamoc potato has been traditionally produced and has a reputable place in domestic market, for which consumers are willing to pay a higher price especially incase of guaranteed geographical origin. The paper presents the procedure and theorder of the steeps for the protection of the geographical origin of Glamoc potato(local and national phase), SWOT analysis of the position of producers and simulated effects of production and sales cost, revenue and gross profit without andwith the protection of geographical origin applying partial budget analysis method.Research results and analysis confirmed that the potato producers and the localand wider community would benefit from the geographical protection of Glamocpotato through direct and indirect financial and non-financial benefits.
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