2. • GAP are practices that address environmental, economic & social sustainability
for on-farm processes, and result in safe and quality food and non-food
agricultural products
• Developed by the food industry, producer organizations, governments &
NGOs, aiming to codify agricultural practices at farm level
• GAP benefits are:
-food quality & safety improvement
-facilitating market access
-reduction in non-compliance risks re. permitted pesticides, MRLs & other
contamination hazards
Main challenges:
-increase in production cost like recordkeeping, residue testing & certification
-Inadequate access to information and support services
3. • Water
• A)Agriculture
• B)Processing
• Manure, Compost and Other similar Fertilizers
• Sanitary Facility
• Field Sanitation
• Packing Facility Sanitation
• Transportation
• Trace back
5. • Improvement in Crop Productivity (Major Crops):
M
A
I
Z
E
Gaps:
Less HYV (hybrids) Area
Non adoption of weed control
Less use of Fertilizer
Strategies:
Increase in area under hybrid Maize
Balance nutrient use on soil test basis
Effective weed control
6. • Improvement in Crop Productivity (Major Crops):
R
I
C
E
Gaps:
Low Plant Population
Less use of Fertilizer
Cold Irrigation Water
Losses due to Blast
Strategies:
Seed Treatment, IPM
Adoption of SRI for proper Plant
Population
Balanced Fertilizer use
Adoption of Rice Hybrids
Increase in SRR
7. • Improvement in Crop Productivity (Major Crops):
W
H
E
A
T
Gaps:
Maximum area rainfed
Problem of Rust and Loose Smut
Less use of Fertilizer
Strategies:
Life saving irrigation through micro
irrigation system
Seed treatment
Increase in SRR 13% to 35%
Balanced Fertilizer use
Adoption of moisture conservation and
drought resistant varieties
8. • Soil Health Management:
To provide
Soil Health Card to each
farmer and to make it
online
9.
10. Soil Health Management can be done through:
Balance use of Nutrients (NPK Ratio)
Promotion of Organic Farming
Strengthening of Soil/ Fertilizer Testing Services
Setting up of Mobile Soil Laboratory
Strengthening of Lab
Capacity Building Training/ Demo.
District Digital Soil Map
Promotion of INM (ha.)
11. • Conservation and Management of Natural
Resources
Maximum area is under rainfed.
Annual rainfall 1017 mm.
Un even distribution of rain fall.
Problem of Soil erosion/Degradation
12. • Conservation and Management of Natural
Resources
Watershed Development
Programme
Impact of Watershed Programme
Creation of Water potential
through Water Harvesting
13. • Seed Development/ Seed Chain
Production and
Distribution of
Certified Seed
Increase of Seed
Replacement Rate
(SRR %)
Seed Village
Programme
14. • Precision Farming :
Polyhouses:
Micro-Irrigation:
Sprinkler System
Drip System
15. • Crop Protection and IPM :
Reduction in
Consumption of Chemical
Pesticides
Promotion of
Integrated Pest
Management
I.P.M. Demonstrations
and Farmers Field School
Seed Treatment
16. Crop Diversification/ Niche Farming:
NEED FOR
DIVERSIFICATION
• Household food / nutritional
security
• Risk coverage : Mono
cropping high risk
• Rural employment
opportunities
• Sustainability of Production
Systems
17. • Extension and Transfer of Technology:
Crop Demonstration
Skill Training Prog. (Farmers)
FIG/ SHG/ FO
Exposure Visits
Mass Media Support
Implementation of AGRISNET
Portal
18. • Insurance and Credit :
Distribution of Kisan credit card
Crop loan scheme
Loan on fertilizers
Insurance of the crop
20. GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (GAP)
Why it is so important?
Growers
Growers
Consumer
Processors
Retailer
GMP
GHP
GAP
21. GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (GAP)
Who initiated the GAP as a Standard?
1. EurepGAP, initiated in 1997, by European Retailers, and
other members of input and services side of Agriculture.
2. First version released in Europe in 2001.
3. EurepGAP standard is designed to reassure
consumers
– about how food is produced on farm by
minimizing detrimental environmental
impacts of Farming operations,
– reducing the use of chemical inputs
– ensuring responsible approach to worker
health and safety as well as animal
welfare.
22. GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (GAP)
GAP BENEFITS:
FOOD QUALITY & SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
FACILITATING MARKET ACCESS
REDUCTION IN NON COMPLIANCE RISES REGARDING
PERMITTED PESTICIDES AND OTHER CONTAMINATION HAZARDS.
MAIN CHALLENGES:
INCREASE IN PRODUCTION COST LIKE RECORD KEEPING,
RESIDUE TESTING AND CERTIFICATION
INADEQUATE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND SUPORT
SERVICES.