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Investment and capacity building for GAP standards

Case information from Kenya, Chile, Malaysia and South Africa

Year of publication 2011

Author Pilar Santacoloma; Siobhán Casey;Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division

Product type Document

ISBN 9789251069

Series title Agricultural management, marketing and finance occasional paper

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This study stresses that, for farmers and other actors in the supply chain, implementing protocols of good agricultural practices (GAPs) is a basic requirement to meet market demands for food safety standards. In order to support the implementation of these protocols, many countries have established GAP programmes as a mechanism to focus resources and establish coordination between public and private bodies to deal with market challenges and pportunities. This study also examines the costs and benefits of being certified to a GAP programme such as GLOBALGAP and discusses the relationship between market standards and the increase in number of GAP programmes around the world.

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