Thumbnail Image

Organic certification of bananas

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 3p.

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

ISBN No ISBN

Synopsis (short abstract) Organic certification is the process whereby a third party certifies compliance with the standards of organic production for a specific crop. The Codex Alimentarius defines organic agriculture as a holistic system of production which promotes and improves the agro-ecosystem health, including biodiversity, biological cycles and soil biological activity. It takes into account that regional conditions require locally adapted systems, which is achieved by using, when possible, cultural, biological a nd mechanical methods, as opposed to synthetic inputs.

Language English

Also available in:

Related items

Showing items related by metadata.

  • Thumbnail Image
    Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet
    Organic banana production in Peru 2017
    Also available in:
    Almost all of Peru’s exported bananas are organic, accounting for around 3% of global organic banana production. In 2014 production occupied around 5 500 ha, close to 4% of the total banana producing area. This was concentrated in the northern regions of Piura, Tumbes and Lambayeque, and produced mostly by smallholders with farms of less than 3 hectares. Since the country started the conversion from conventional to organic in the late 1990s, more than 80% has become concentrated in the Chira Valley in Piura.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Book (stand-alone)
    Certification costs and managerial skills under different organic certification schemes 2007
    Also available in:
    No results found.
    Organic rice production in Asia. Case studies carried out in : Thailand and India.
  • Thumbnail Image
    Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet
    Voluntary Sustainability Standards (VSS) for bananas 2017
    Also available in:
    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.
Show more

Users also downloaded

Showing related downloaded files

No results found.