Geographical indications and territorial development: A soft-system methodology analysis of the Serro Case

The present work aims at understanding the system (components and inter‐relations) of the indication of provenance type of geographical indication for territorial development. A case study of a Brazilian region that has a cheese indication of provenance, Serro, was performed with a systemic approach based on the soft system methodology. Data were collected through document analysis, direct observation, and interviews (with 15 subjects) and...