Incentives for the adoption of Good Agricultural Practices
This paper was prepared for the FAO Expert Consultation on a Good Agricultural Practice Approach, which took place in Rome, Italy, 10-12 November 2003. Good Agricultural Practice programmes represent a value-adding diversification opportunity for those farmers able to adopt the specified production and management practices. These opportunities are driven by a growing demand for quality assurances with respect to food safety, food quality and production methods related to environmental sustaina bility, animal health and welfare, labour standards and other aspects. However, there is a very real risk that small holders in developing countries will be excluded from these opportunities given economic, institutional and human capital constraints to adoption. This paper examines the incentives and disincentives for the adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) by farmers and by downstream handlers of farm outputs in developing countries. In examining the incentives for adoption, a num ber of key questions are explored: What are GAPs? What are the objectives of GAPs? Why have GAPs evolved? What are the different types of GAP and why are these differences important in understanding the incentives to adopt GAPs? What are the respective public and private sector roles in creating, operating and monitoring GAPs? Understanding the incentives and disincentives for farmers to adopt GAPs is essential in identifying methods to facilitate participation by smaller farmers.
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| Format: | Document biblioteca |
| Language: | English |
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2007
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| Online Access: | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/AG854E http://www.fao.org/3/a-ag854e.pdf |
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