农业食物在地化-地理环境资源学系.PDF

85-117 (2008) 85 JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL SCIENCE (53) : 85-117 (2008) Localization of Agro-food Exploration of Rice Industry within Chin Shang Township in Taitung County * Bang-Kuen Liang Abstract Because of the resistance against global food supply systems, distrust in industry food systems and post-productivist transition in rural area, practices and researches of local agro-food systems rose since 2000. Local embeddedness and alternative agro-food networks (AAFNs) are important study perspectives of local agro-food systems. Recently many local agro-food systems emerged in Taiwan, such as farmers’ market, citizen farm and geographical indication. This research selects Chin Shang Rice as study case, because it’s first awarded the geographical indication in Taiwan. This study discovers 3 points. Firstly, the local embeddedness of Chin Shang Rice industry includes physical environmental factors, local institutions of rice (certification and competition) and local networks of rice industry (farmers, merchants of rice and suppliers of lunch boxes). Secondly, the certification is an important relocalization of Chin Shang Rice, including multi-scale political economic operation. The certification and the championship of national competition of Chin Shang Rice not only help to promote it in local direct markets (face to face), but also raise local