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Using geographical indication, a type of source identification, can effectively promote local specialty agricultural products of superior quality, byidentifying the specific geographic location or origin of the produce. Agricultural products can be registered using the geographical indication bydescribing the product’s relation to its geographical origin including the reputation and quality. However, this indication has no objective standards toqualify goods as agricultural specialty products. The purpose of this study is to suggest basic criteria to define the characteristics and criteria ofagricultural specialties based on a quantitative evaluation method. To propose this basic standard, we used the proportion of arable land to denote themajor production areas and the location quotient (LQ) index to grasp the extent of the specialty of a product. The results show that the average LQvalues of registered agricultural products, particularly apples, pears, and garlic, are 3.26, 8.01, and 2.82, respectively. This indicates that they are morespecialized than produce from other areas that have not registered for a geographical indication. Low LQ values were found in some areas withregistered rice geographical indications, which are also more focused on their historical reputation as the main rice producing areas. Considering theagricultural specialty of products, the recommendation is that the producing proportion should be over 1% of the national scale and over 10% of theprovince scale, and the LQ value should be over 2.0. This recommendation is not a requirement, but the criteria can prove to be useful in identifyinga higher range of specialized agricultural products.
