Geographical Indications (IG) Part 1 (general description)

Tropical Indonesia has the gift of diverse natural resources so that the agricultural sector is rich in various agricultural products. In particular, agricultural products produced in each region also have certain characteristics or characteristics that are the superiority of agricultural products from each region. Besides having various types of agricultural products, similar commodities produced in each region also have distinctive aromas, flavors, colors, sizes and textures that are the competitive advantages of these products.

Indonesian agricultural products are known for their taste with high quality quality. However, efforts to maintain the quality of product quality are not enough, but also very necessary efforts to provide adequate legal protection of these products so as to avoid being recognized or claimed by Indonesian countries of agricultural products. Geographical Indications are Intellectual Property Rights on a product that has characteristics and advantages that distinguish it from products from other regions, which have been protected or certified in accordance with applicable procedures.

Geographical Indications (IG) is one important component of Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) in trade activities, especially providing protection for trade commodities that are closely related to the name of the region or place of origin of a product. This points to the enormous economic value of the wealth of the Geographical Indications, and indirectly, the registration of the Geographical Indications will spur rural economic growth in the product area.

As one of the efforts to optimize the market opportunities of IG plantation products produced by a region, and in order to improve the competitiveness of Indonesian agricultural products in the domestic and international markets, it is deemed necessary to have FGD activities Optimizing the development of plantation products based on geographical indications that involve various stakeholders including agencies Guidance, geographical indication protection community, market participants, exporters and guiding institutions.