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Geomatics applications for European regions in GRISI+ New opportunities for the traceability of agricultural products
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Geomatics applications for European regions in GRISI+
New opportunities for the traceability of agricultural products
3rd GRISI Capitalisation MeetingJune 24-25, 2008 – Toulouse - France
Buffet D., Oger R.
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CRA-W Presentation
The Walloon Agricultural Research Centre (CRA-W) is agovernment-funded multidisciplinary research institution affiliated withthe Agricultural Administration of Ministry of the Walloon Region(Belgium). It employs about 520 persons including more than 120scientists.
CRA-W expertises in the frame of GRISI+
Geographical Traceability of agricultural products
Development of the concept in two European projects
Validation in the European PETER Project
Spatial Data Infrastructures & Geo-Portals
Information systems & integrative ICT
for spatial analyses (B-CGMS, REQUACARTO, PESTEAUX…).
Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for the Belgian INSPIRE committee.
Rural development and agri-environmental schemes
Monitoring of agri-environmental measures using RS(SAGRIWATEL, ORFEO…).
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Context
Agricultural products mean “products of the soil, ofstock farming and of fisheries and products of first-stage processing directly related to these products”(Article 32 of the EC treaty)
Traceability is defined as the “ability to retrace thehistory, the use or the location of a given item”. whenreferred to a product, it relates to its origin and thegeneral context of production.
In GRISI+,
traceability means the ability to retrieve
the geographical information about the origin and
the territorial identity of an agricultural product.
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Demands identified in previous INTERREG projects
Demands from Regions for tools and services:
To promote the production of regional agriculturalproducts allowing an integrated form of rural developmenttaking into account the multi-functional nature ofagriculture, environmental constraints and social needs ina context of widespread change in the agriculture sectorand the Regions.
To develop, preserve and valorise local particularities andterritorial identity for biodiversity conservation and ruraldevelopment.
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Demands identified in previous INTERREG projects (count.)
Demands from agro-food sectors for geographicaldata, tools and services:
To promote local and traditional products and to certifyproduct quality and origin in order to adapt to new marketconditions and consumer demands while allowing for abetter traceability.
To better characterise, protect and valorise regionalproducts.
Specific chemical and physical characteristics of theterritory influence the quality and properties (e.g.organoleptic) of food products.
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Demands identified in previous INTERREG projects (count.)
Dual-demands from Regions and agro-foodsectors for common and harmonised trans-regionalinformation, tools and services:
To strengthen cooperation of European regions throughthe share of tools and approaches on traceability in theagro-food sectors.
To promote cross-sectorial activities to enhance thecomplementary nature of rural development and thepromotion of agricultural products in the Europeanregions.
To promote food quality and reinforce marketdifferentiation in specific value chains, and thus become astrategic component of rural development policies.
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Demands identified in previous INTERREG projects (count.)
Demands from consumers for transparency andcredibility:
To allow the geographical origin certification andauthentication of the products and their components.
To verify specific quality and production practices inrelation with the natural and cultural heritage in theregion.
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Available EU tools
EU Labelling systems
In 1992, the European Union created PDO (ProtectedDesignation of Origin), PGI (Protected GeographicalIndication) and TSG (Traditional Speciality Guaranteed)labels to promote and protect local food products.
They convey information in a simple manner and enableconsumers to distinguish products within a samecategory.
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Limits of available EU tools
Consumers are not very well informed to their significance:an Eurobarometer study on consumer knowledge andperceptions of PDO products found that many consumersdo not know what they mean…
Other motivations must be reinforced such as taste, qualityand perceived food safety which is related to geographicaltraceability (Gerz & Dupont 2006, GeoTraceAgri 2004).
Quality certification schemes should increase transparencyby placing specifications on the internet, making themaccessible to the press & public (EU Commission DG for
Agriculture conclusions from Food Quality certification Conference,
Feb. 2007).
Regions needs tools for the development of indicators andbase line information for the assessment of geographicallabels contribution to territorial objectives (socio-economic,environmental, health and cultural).
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GRISI+ contributions
Exchange regional experiences to answer these respectivedemands:
To promote creative partnership between traceability, foodlabelling and certification origin with spatial information andgeomatics.
To strengthen cooperation of European regions through theshare of tools and approaches
Identify and facilitate the transfer of harmonised bestpractices:
For the implementation of simple traceability systems andlabelling systems to characterise and protect local agriculturalproducts using information from Regional SDI.
To contribute to the development regional labels andcertifications by increasing the role of geographical informationin the labeling process.
To increase understanding of consumer perception of the linkbetween regions and products using GeoPortal and ITC.
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