Potencialidade das Indicações Geográficas em Sergipe sob a perspectiva das publicações acadêmicas

Abstract

Geographical Indications (GIs) act to recognize the unique characteristics of a specific product, which can lead to an increase in the quality attributed by consumers. Therefore, mapping potential products with attributes that make them recognized through GIs can drive their market development and consequently the social development of the producer region. This study proposes an analysis of the Potentiality of Geographical Indications in Sergipe from a point of view of the academic publications on this topic, wherein it was used the Catalog of Theses and Dissertations from the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES) and the Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations (BDTD) as research database. The results show growth in publication production between the years 2015 and 2018, followed by a scarcity of publications in the following years. They also demonstrate the leadership of the Graduate Program in Intellectual Property Science (PPGPI) at the Federal University of Sergipe (UFS) as a promoter of research and discussion involving Geographical Indications in Sergipe.