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Develop Quality Management Systems and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Priority Value Chains - TCP/BOT/3904

Year of publication 2025

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 8

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Project

Synopsis (short abstract) Agriculture is the main sector supporting poor rural households in Botswana. While commercialization of the agricultural sector is a key priority for the Government of Botswana, value chain actors need support to strengthen their capacities, improve the quality and safety of their products and increase diversification through value addition and access to markets. In this context, the project aimed to assist value chain actors to develop and implement Quality Management Systems (QMS), Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) and Standard Codes of Practice to improve product quality management in agricultural enterprises and to therefore maximize market and production competitiveness of food and agricultural products at local, national and international levels. The main objective of the project was to help ensure that agricultural commodities meet certain standard requirements, which will ultimately improve and increase their production competitiveness, create decent jobs and employment opportunities and develop the potential for broad-based industrialization. The proposed activities of this project aimed to introduce technical solutions that were new to the beneficiaries and stakeholders including agricultural standards, innovative practices for wastewater use, improved knowledge for market access, and QMS.

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