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Guidelines "Good Agricultural Practices for Family Agriculture"

Authors:
FAO
Year Published:
2007
Resource Type:
Technical Guidance
Language:
English

The purpose of this work is to spread the basic concepts of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in order to: guide the production systems towards a sustainable agriculture and ecologically safe, obtain harmless products of higher quality, contribute to food security generating income through the access to markets and improve working conditions of producers and their families.

The manual addresses agricultural technicians and extension workers, producer organizations, rural school teachers, children, urban and periurban citizens and Family Agriculture groups in general.