| This policy brief discusses the salient features of Geographic Indication and the prospects of having the La Paz batchoy GI registered. It also covers some of the related key findings from the batchoy stakeholders’ forum, which was organized as part of the Center for West Visayan Studies (CWVS) project, “Namit Gid! 3: A Multi-Stakeholders’ Collaboration for Ilonggo’s Batchoy.” The project is under the Panay Weaving and Culinary Heritage Program and funded by the University of the Philippines Center for Integrative and Development Studies (UP CIDS). |