Instant Insights

Chapter 1 - Developing good agricultural practices across global agri-food supply chains: Louise Manning, University of Lincoln, UK; and John G. Keogh, McGill University, Canada

1. Introduction

2. The evolution of GAP as a concept

3. The development of GAP standards

4. Challenges facing GAP standards and implementation

5. Ensuring the effectiveness and inclusivity of GAP: the case of VietGAP

6. Conclusion

7. Acknowledgements

8. References

Chapter 2 - The role of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) in preventing pathogenic microbial contamination of fresh produce: Thomas P. Saunders and Elizabeth A. Bihn, Produce Safety Alliance - Cornell University, USA

1 Introduction

2 Evolution of Good Agricultural Practices from voluntary to regulation

3 Reasons for adopting Good Agricultural Practices

4 Why Good Agricultural Practices remain the foundation for fresh produce safety

5 Commitment and training

6 Scalability of Good Agricultural Practices

7 Feasibility of implementing Good Agricultural Practices

8 Assessing risks

9 Good Agricultural Practices: always room for improvement

10 Produce safety adds to farming stress

11 Good Agricultural Practices relevance for the future

12 Conclusion

13 Where to look for further information

14 Acknowledgement

15 References

Chapter 3 - Improving good agricultural practices related to product safety on farms: Louise Manning, University of Lincoln, UK; and James Monaghan, Harper Adams University, UK

1. Introduction

2. Food Safety Objectives, Performance Objectives, and Performance Criterion

3. GAP in the context of CEA

4. Conclusion

5. References

Chapter 4 - Optimizing maize-based cropping systems: Sustainability, good agricultural practices (GAP) and yield goals: Charles Wortmann, Patricio Grassini and Roger W. Elmore, University of Nebraska- Lincoln, USA

1 Introduction

2 Defining sustainable crop production

3 Good agricultural practices

4 Setting targets and measuring performance

5 Case study: improving maize cultivation in the United States, Ethiopia and Argentina

6 Conclusions

7 References

Chapter 5 - Good agricultural practices: an end point or a starting point for more sustainable banana production?: Charles Staver, Bioversity International, France

1 Introduction

2 Why GAP in banana production?

3 GAP-related certification schemes in banana production

4 Is sustainable banana production being operationalized through GAP certification?

5 Improving GAP for more sustainable banana production

6 Scientific frontiers in bananas and implications for GAP

7 Conclusion: mutual lessons between GAP certification and approaches to sustainable banana production

8 Where to look for further information

9 References