Geographical Indications Protection: Collective Action for Local Empowerment and Wealth Creation

The phenomenology of empowerment in collective action.

Recent research has hypothesized that empowerment can arise from collective action through collective self-objectification (CSO), defined as action that actualizes participants' social identity against the power of dominant groups. Activists (N = 37) described several experiences that made them feel empowered (and disempowered). Among the various explanations they offered for these feelings, th...

The Protection of Geographical Indications in India: Issues and Challenges

Institutional Collective Action and Local Goverance

Protected Geographical Indications: A Development Tool for Cambodia Protected Geographical Indications in Cambodia

This central objective is manifest in the sectoral strategies implemented by the various government ministries. For the Ministry of Agriculture, notably, the goal is to increase the incomes of small farmers. Given the very competitive agricultural sectors of its Thai and Vietnamese neighbors, Cambodia wishes to better showcase the quality of its products and obtain better prices for them.

Theme Overview: Rural Wealth Creation

Promoting rural wealth creation in the United States is a high priority of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and of a growing number of rural development organizations. Secretary Vilsack argued in 2009 that USDA “must help rural communities create wealth so they are self-sustaining, repopulating and thriving economically”, and this is one of the four goals of USDA’s current strategic pl...