Tourism and Quality Agro-Food Products: An Opportunity for the Spanish Countryside

López, Xosé Antón Armesto; Martín, Belén Gómez

doi:10.1111/j.1467-9663.2006.00510.x

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“…Historical legacies have contributed to the preservation of local food networks which in other regions have disappeared or never existed (Fonte, 2008;Renting et al, 2003). According to Parrott et al (2002) and corroborated by Sonnino (2007) and Brunori and Rossi (2007) in Italy, Pouzenc et al (2007) in France, and Armesto and Gómez-Martín (2006) in Spain, the association between terroir and tradition frames the notion of quality. Consequently, several products have been promoted for designation as PDO/PGI, most related to rural development initiatives.…”

Section: The Emergence Of Alternative Food Network (Afns)mentioning

confidence: 90%

“…Unlike other countries (for example, the US and Australia), these are not novel. Generally there is limited literature regarding Spanish AFNs with the exception of information regarding the PDO/PGI areas (Armesto and Gómez-Martín, 2006;Sanz and Macías, 2005;Molinero et al, 2004), or discussion about the scope of organic farming (Armesto, 2008). However, studying food certification in Spain is internationally relevant for its particularities (Mutersbaugh et al, 2005, p. 383), not otherwise raised by other research based in North European and North American contexts.…”

Section: The Emergence Of Alternative Food Network (Afns)mentioning

confidence: 93%

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Peri-urban farmland conservation and development of alternative food networks: Insights from a case-study area in metropolitan Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)

2013

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a b s t r a c tThere has been a growing literature on alternative food networks (AFNs); structures that reconfigure the systems of production, distribution and consumption of food. Part of this literature emphasises the local scale and the idea of proximity. In a world that is increasingly urban, AFNs at a local scale can be more easily developed by linking peri-urban farmlands and cities. However, agriculture in the rural-urban fringe struggles to survive in the face of urban pressures and sprawl; a process which undermines viable agricultural production in the city's countryside. A widely used strategy to address these pressures has been farmland protection, undertaken in different ways depending on the legal framework of particular countries. This paper considers farmland conservation and AFNs development issues through a casestudy of the Baix Llobregat Agricultural Park (BLAP) in metropolitan Barcelona. It concludes that AFNs in peri-urban areas are only possible if farmland preservation is guaranteed, and that the former does not come as a direct consequence of the latter. The specific conditions in which both can occur will be of interest for scholars as well as policy-makers and planners.

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Section: The Emergence Of Alternative Food Network (Afns)mentioning

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Section: The Emergence Of Alternative Food Network (Afns)mentioning

confidence: 93%

Peri-urban farmland conservation and development of alternative food networks: Insights from a case-study area in metropolitan Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)

2013

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“…The above is usefully demonstrated by Armesto López & Gómez Martín's (2006) recent account of gastro‐tourism in the Catalan region of Priorat in Spain, where traditional wine production supports local economic development. In policy terms, the concept of agricultural multifunctionality fits comfortably with the second pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), and in particular the Rural Development Regulation's (1257/99) attempt to broaden rural policy, away from mainstream agriculture and towards a more diversified rural economy (Lowe et al .…”

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Marketing Sustainable Food Production in Europe: Case Study Evidence From Two Dutch Labelling Schemes

Ilbery¹,

Maye²

2007

Tijd voor Econ & Soc Geog

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Recent years have witnessed a proliferation of food labelling schemes that claim to promote sustainable forms of food production. Viewed as a process of reterritorialisation or, more specifically, ecological localisation, such initiatives potentially provide constructive tools to re-address some of the environmental problems connected with agricultural restructuring and to re-organise production and consumption relations in the food system. This paper first examines the approaches and motives behind 24 food labelling schemes in selected European countries. It then uses this empirical material to conceptualise two development rationales: 'territorial' (place-based) and 'critical' (process-based). The rationales are explored through a comparative assessment of two Dutch case studies - Waterland and Milieukeur strawberries. The paper argues that producer involvement requires a clear economic incentive and that most food labelling schemes need significant institutional support if participation in more sustainable modes of production is to be fully realised. Copyright (c) 2007 by the Royal Dutch Geographical Society KNAG.

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“…These are often high-quality restaurants which also offer authenticity in the form of local products and typical gastronomy, adapted to the dietary requirements of hikers. In this new phase gastronomy was conceived as a form of consumption of the territory (culture and traditions), which added quality to the tourism experience [60]. This philosophy is evident in many of the alternatives on the market today, and there are even specific products along these lines.…”

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Hiking Tourism in Spain: Origins, Issues and Transformations

Gómez-Martín

2019

Sustainability

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In Spain, hiking is an activity that involves following paths, which may or may not be signposted, on foot, for sporting and cultural purposes. In the country as a whole, although with important regional variations, hiking has traditionally been linked to mountaineering and rambling clubs. However, at the beginning of the 1990s this activity became much more widely popular, reaching beyond the more limited sphere within which the pioneers of hiking in Spain had acted. Hiking stopped being just a sporting and cultural activity and also became a form of tourism and leisure, coinciding with the emergence and consolidation of what have become known as alternative forms of tourism. In this context of change, hiking tourism has gradually evolved over the years into a strategic option for development in many territories. This article presents the most important aspects of this transformation: the changes in the territorial model for the management of the paths on which the creation of hiking tourism products is based; the fact that in the design of routes more consideration is being given to the differential characteristics of tourist demand for hiking; the adaptation of the accommodation, restaurant facilities and the main specific services associated with it; and the emergence and engagement of new stakeholders in the processes of planning, distribution and communication of this activity.

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Tourism and Quality Agro-Food Products: An Opportunity for the Spanish Countryside

Cited by 63 publications

References 8 publications

Peri-urban farmland conservation and development of alternative food networks: Insights from a case-study area in metropolitan Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)

Peri-urban farmland conservation and development of alternative food networks: Insights from a case-study area in metropolitan Barcelona (Catalonia, Spain)

Marketing Sustainable Food Production in Europe: Case Study Evidence From Two Dutch Labelling Schemes

Hiking Tourism in Spain: Origins, Issues and Transformations

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