Professor Monika Hartmann organised a special session at the 30th International Conference of the Agricultural Economists (28th July to 2nd August) to showcase Strength2Food work on the effects of Geographical Indications (GIs). The session included papers on the effects of GIs on: trade (Curzi, Raimondi, Falco and Olper), farm incomes and their stability (Arfini, Donati and Menozzi), price volatility and transmission (Ferrer-Pérez, Abdelradi and Gil) as well as consumers’ understanding and use of GI labels (Yeh, Hartmann, Török, Filipović, Veneziani). The session identified that GIs can positively affect export trade margins, farm incomes and reduce price volatility along the supply chain. However, European consumers’ recognition and understanding of EU GI labels remains low.
