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GeoTraceAgri final project report (GTA)
Debord, Michel; Chauchard, Alain; Tychon, Bernard et al.
2005
 

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Keywords :
Geographical traceability; Agriculture; GEOTRACEAGRI
Abstract :
[en] Are the universalisation and the globalisation of trade exchanges synonymous with a standardization in which agro-food products uprooted of their soil will no longer be differentiated from manufacturers or supermarket brands? Original food products belong to the inheritance of the territories and the consumers are attracted more and more by their authenticity. The GeoTraceAgri project resolutely supports agriculture and the sustainable promotion of the territory as opposed to universalisation which standardizes and moves away those who produce for consumers. Geotraceability aims at associating information of geographical nature with the traditional data of traceability. Farming origin and operations have become factual and verifi able data is available everywhere in the world, thus making it possible to bring additional guarantees to the signs of quality. The GeoTraceAgri (GTA) project largely contributed to the realisation of geotraceability. With the implementation from January 1,2005 of the new Common Agricultural Policy and its regulation imposing on the Member States a single system of declaration, all the agricultural parcels now form part of a European database of geographical references. This new regulation reinforces the basis of the concept of geotraceability, whereas throughout the project it was necessary to defi ne geo-indicators for integrated or crop production with very few geographical data on the farming precedents. The development of the GTA prototype rests on a decentralized architecture and Web services. It was indeed necessary to conceive a system which is readily accessible on Internet for farmers, co-operatives and collectors, and potentially with the administrations which have control responsibilities. In term of acceptability, the potential users realise the potential economic benefi ts of the concept and of the indicators of geotraceability in their plan of exploitation, on the other hand sociological acceptability is less evident which induces the need for communication to make for its adoption. This fi nal report fi nal illustrates the fi rst stage : the GeoTraceAgri partners are continuing their research on the defi nition of an integrated system of geotraceability for the Common agricultural policy and the plan of analysis of the results of GeoTraceAgri should lead to the marketing within two years of an application making it possible to integrate the geo-indicators into management software for the actors of the agro food chain.
Disciplines :
Agriculture & agronomy
Author, co-author :
Debord, Michel
Chauchard, Alain
Tychon, Bernard ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement
Viau, Alain
Oger, Robert ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement > Département des sciences et gestion de l'environnement
Danet, Vianney
Language :
English
Title :
GeoTraceAgri final project report (GTA)
Publication date :
March 2005
Publisher :
Information Society Technologies
Report number :
IST-2001-34281
Number of pages :
24
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