Country case studies on reflecting national circumstances and development priorities in national codes on good agricultural practice benchmarked to Eurepgap

by Phan Thi Giac Tam, Le Thanh Loan, Trinh Thuc Hien, Hoang Thi Thuy

Summary

There is no doubt that the success of the projects aiming to assist Vietnamese farmers obtaining EurepGAP certificate will have positive impacts not only on market aspects but also on environmental and social aspects. It also makes a spill-over effect to other farmers and regions. Technical as well as financial and cultural aspects need to be tapped. Researchers should be involved in the implementation to extract lessons for duplication. Even if the technology and changes in farmers' habit are feasible, finance is the big problem particularly to small scale farmers. Big investment to fulfill EUREGAP requirements in couple with the tendency of decreasing world price would be main obstacles for the farmers' adoption. Quantifying impacts of EUREPGAP on farmers in developing countries needs to be studied.

Full paper available at http://r0.unctad.org/trade_env/test1/meetings/eurepgap.htm [1]