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LATEST NEWS
19.12.2005
UNCTAD Facilitated Workshops on EurepGAP Benchmarking
in Fruit and Vegetables
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) has facilitated
a series of Sub-regional workshops on EurepGAP benchmarking, the latest of which on the 8-10 of December 2005
in Rio, Brazil.
The meetings aimed at discussing policy aspects of the development and the benchmarking of national codes on Good Agricultural Practice for horticultural products to the EurepGAP standard. In particular, the discussion was focussed on how national conditions and development priorities, including those related to small- and medium-sized producers can be reflected in a national GAP code and what roles Governments and public-private partnerships should play in preparing and implementing the national codes and their benchmarking.
The meetings aimed at an open sub-regional dialogue between government, private sector and academia representatives, based on country-case studies on Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica as well as a study of the EurepGAP secretariat on the concept, procedural requirements and preliminary experience with benchmarking of national GAP codes.
See more: http://r0.unctad.org/trade_env/test1/openF1.htm
Also see the FoodPLUS benchmarking paper produced for UNCTAD.
The meetings aimed at discussing policy aspects of the development and the benchmarking of national codes on Good Agricultural Practice for horticultural products to the EurepGAP standard. In particular, the discussion was focussed on how national conditions and development priorities, including those related to small- and medium-sized producers can be reflected in a national GAP code and what roles Governments and public-private partnerships should play in preparing and implementing the national codes and their benchmarking.
The meetings aimed at an open sub-regional dialogue between government, private sector and academia representatives, based on country-case studies on Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Costa Rica as well as a study of the EurepGAP secretariat on the concept, procedural requirements and preliminary experience with benchmarking of national GAP codes.
The meetings are part of the sector-focused project activities of UNCTAD's Consultative Task Force on Environmental Requirements and Market Access for Developing Countries.
See more: http://r0.unctad.org/trade_env/test1/openF1.htm
Also see the FoodPLUS benchmarking paper produced for UNCTAD.