PGI meaning in Geography ?

Answer:

What is Protected Geographical Indication mean?

Three European Union schemes of geographical indications and traditional specialties, known as protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), and traditional specialities guaranteed (TSG), promote and protect names of agricultural products and foodstuffs. Products registered under one of the three schemes may be marked with the logo for that scheme to help identify those products. The schemes are based on the legal framework provided by the EU Regulation No 1151/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2012 on quality schemes for agricultural products and foodstuffs. This regulation applies within the EU as well as in Northern Ireland. Protection of the registered products is gradually expanded internationally via bilateral agreements between the EU and non-EU countries. It ensures that only products genuinely originating in that region are allowed to be identified as such in commerce. The legislation first came into force in 1992. The purpose of the law is to protect the reputation of the regional foods, promote rural and agricultural activity, help producers obtain a premium price for their authentic products, and eliminate the unfair competition and misleading of consumers by non-genuine products, which may be of inferior quality or of different flavour. Critics argue that many of the names, sought for protection by the EU, have become commonplace in trade and should not be protected.

These regulations protect the names of wines, cheeses, hams, sausages, seafood, olives, olive oils, beers, balsamic vinegar, regional breads, fruits, raw meats and vegetables.

Foods such as Gorgonzola, Parmigiano-Reggiano, feta, the Waterford blaas, Herve cheese, Melton Mowbray pork pies, Piave cheese, Asiago cheese, Camembert, Herefordshire cider, cognac, armagnac and champagne can only be labelled as such if they come from the designated region. To qualify as Roquefort, for example, cheese must be made from milk of a certain breed of sheep, and matured in the natural caves near the town of Roquefort-sur-Soulzon in the Aveyron region of France, where it is colonised by the fungus Penicillium roqueforti that grows in these caves.

This system is similar to national appellation systems used throughout Europe, such as the appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC) used in France, the denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) used in Italy, the denominação de origem controlada (DOC) used in Portugal, the denumire de origine controlată (DOC) system used in Romania and the denominación de origen (DO) system used in Spain. In many cases, the EU PDO/PGI system works parallel with the system used in the specified country, and in some cases is subordinated to the appellation system that was already instituted, particularly with wine, for example, and in France (in particular) with cheese, where for example Maroilles has both PDO (Appellation d'origine protégée (AOP) in French) and AOC classifications, but generally only the AOC classification will be shown.

reference

Full Form	Category
Post Graduate Institute	Academic
Chitato	Airport Code
Persekutuan Gereja-gereja di Indonesia	Associations & Organizations
Polymer Group, Inc.	Business
Premiere Global Services, Inc.	Business
Progressive Guarantee Inc	Business
Pas Grau Internacional	Business
Panterra Gold Limited	Business
Pyrotechnics Guild International	Business
Platinum Guild International	Business
Platinum Guild	Business
Price Grouping Information	Business
Product Group Information	Business
Piranha Games Inc	Business
Plenus Group Inc	Business
Personal Growth And Involvement	Community
Positive Global Impact	Community
Parameter Group Identifier	Computing
Printer Graphics File	Computing
Portland Group Inc.	Computing
Purge Gas Inlet	Electronics
Printer Graphics File Device Driver ( Pgraph Library)	File Type
Protected Graphical Indication	General
Platelet Gathering Inhibitor	General
Potential Gross Income	General
Principal Global Indicators	General
PHOENICS Graphics Interface	General
Progiciel de Gestion Intégré	General
Peter Gzowski Invitational	General
Personal Globe Inventory	General
Post Good Issue	General
Peter Gwozski Invitational	General
Post Goods Issue	General
Plague Get Infected	General
Parking Guidance and Information	General
Protected Geographical Indication	Geography
Partido Galleguista de Izquierdas	Governmental
Phillips Graduate Institute	Governmental
Presidential Guard Institute	Governmental
Poona Goan Institute	Governmental
Pacific Gestalt Institute	Governmental
PARPANANGADI	Indian Railway Station
Partido Gallego Independiente	International
Pas Grau International	International
Phosphoglucose Isomerase	Medical
Sanjay Gandhi Post Graduate Institute of Medical Science	Medical
Procedures, Guidance, and Information	Military and Defence
Chitato, Angola	Regional
Photo Gallery International	Regional
Phoenic Graphics Interface	Softwares
Progeny Graphical Installer	Softwares
The Peter Gzowski Invitational	Sports
Chitato Airport	Transport & Travel
Parappanangadi railway station	Transport & Travel