GAP - Good Agricultural Practices

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) as a collection of principles to apply for on-farm production and post-production processes, resulting in safe and healthy food and non-food agricultural products.

GAP standards are all different but their intended goals include the following to varying degrees:

• Ensure safety and quality of produce in the food chain
• Capture new market advantages by modifying supply chain governance
• Improve natural resources use, workers health and working conditions, and/or
• Create new market opportunities for farmers and exporters in developing countries.