Abstract:

Products, which are cultivated in a region with its geographical,ecological and human factors, are known as the name of the regions that theyproduced. Those products are featured and prestigious agricultural productsand they can be sold for a higher price than similar products in other regionsand countries. As a result of customer awareness in the world, quality and confidence became the most important attributes that they want in products. In order to protect regional agricultural and food products, geographical indication, origin and related laws and practices gained more importance in EU in last decade. There are plenty of prestigious agricultural products that are marketed by the agricultural sales cooperatives for many years. Marketing the prestigious and famous agricultural products under their own names with geographical indications will provide significant added value to both cooperatives and the manufacturers.

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