Stakeholder’s MeetingPorvorim, Goa5th April 2008

Dwijen RangnekarResearch Councils UK Academic Fellow and Asst. Professor in Law

CSGR/Warwick

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Project title: Localising economic control through clubs: Examining the intellectual property protection of Feni

Funding Agency: Economic and Social Research Council (of UK govt.)

Project location: Warwick University, UK

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Research Advisory Group

Fr. Romuald D'SOUZA Founder Director, Goa Institute of Management,

Octavio ESPINOSADirector, Legislative and Legal Advice Division, World Intellectual Property Organisation

Jorge Larson GUERRAComisión Nacional Para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad (Conabio).

T.C. JAMESDirector, Department of Industrial, Policy and Promotion, Government of India

S.K. SOAMSenior Scientist, of Agricultural Research Management, Hyderabad

David Vivas-EUGUIDeputy Programme Director, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development

Sarah J. WHATMOREProfessor of Environment and Public Policy, Oxford Centre for the Environment, Oxford Uni

Principal InvestigatorDwijen RANGNEKARWarwick University

Research AssistantVC NAMBALAWarwick University

Local Research TeamPranab MUKHOPADHYAYSantosh MAURYA Suryabhan MOURYASHODH

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Research MethodsBaseline surveyInterviewsFocus groupsStakeholder

meetingArchival researchLegal research; case

lawEconomic analysis

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Geographical Indications as Clubs ~ defined by the shared production method

RawMaterials

LandAnimal breed

FeedPlantsSkills

Production and/orProcessingStage(s)

Distilling, blendingCuring, pasteurisation

and ripeningHarvestingHandicrafts

FinalProductStage

Labels ofAuthenticity

Thus, potential to localise economic control

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Area: defined in 1927 regulation, approx. 3% of area under vine production in France, about 33,000 hectares in 319 villages around Reims

Grape varieties: only three varieties permitted

Production and processing rules: some 35 rules on yields, pruning vines, growing and spacing of vines, hand-harvesting, aging process, etc.

Quality control: through production and into post-production stages; 2000 – 5% not certified

13 Mar 08 – change in growing area, new areas included see property rents rise from

€5,000/hectare to €1Mn/hectare

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Making the clubIncentives to join ~ clubs have membership

rules and allow exclusionPhysical interdependence ~ stakeholders

depend on the same resource for livelihood

Matrix of competitionHorizontal competition for market sharesVertical competition for share of rents

Different motivations to ‘make the club’Inertia of stable transaction relationsInability to appropriate returnsSize of operation

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Club-MakingHow do different firms and individuals

cooperate to make a GI-club? What factors motivate firms and individuals to overcome problems and cooperate?

Localising economic controlHow can the potential for GIs to localise

economic control be maximised and are there other policy interventions that may help achieving these outcomes?

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Final Report & Policy BriefFocussing on the problems in establishing GI

specifications for Feni and how these specifications may promote localised economic control; thus, identifying complementary policies to achieve local economic control.

Baseline Survey of the Feni SectorInvolving 600+ questionnaires of stakeholders,

identifying broad patterns throughout the supply chain for Feni of social and economic indicators.

Scholarly articles Newspaper articles

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FieldworkApril-July 2007: interviews, focus group, baseline

surveyApril-May 2008: interviews, stakeholder meeting

RAG MeetingsFirst: April 2008Second: January 2009 (tbc)

Research ReportDraft: Nov. 2008Final: Feb. 2009

Project Dissemination MeetingsGoa – March 2009 (tbc)Geneva – April 2009 (tbc)

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Project Websitehttp://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/soc/csgr/research/projects/2007/protecting_feni/

Contact details

Centre for the Study of Globalisation and Regionalisation

University of WarwickCoventry CV4 7AL, UKTelephone Goa/Delhi : 9970939193/9891267714Telephone UK: +44 +24 7652 8906Email: d.rangnekar@warwick.ac.uk