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Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) for bananas

Year of publication 2017

Pages 5p.

Author WBF Secretariat

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Rainforest Alliance certification is granted to farms that comply with the environmental and social standards of the Sustainable Agriculture Network (SAN), an international coalition of conservation groups supporting the adoption of positive agricultural practices . The certification system aims to encourage farmers to grow crops sustainably by defining a framework of practices for sustainable agriculture (the SAN standards ), training and supporting producers to implement these practices, and c ertifying the producers who meet them.

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