Abstract
This chapter presents the localg.a.p. concept of GLOBALG.A.P. and explores why this concept represents a novel solution for the agro-food industry. Today, the world’s leading retailers trust GLOBALG.A.P.’s ‘Integrated Farm Assurance’ (IFA) standard. The IFA standard has proven to be the option of choice in Europe and its rate of adoption by members all over the world is constantly growing. Therefore, the IFA standard is viewed as the minimum food safety and sustainability requirement to be implemented and certified worldwide at the farm-gate. This is achieved by constant demand and support of all GLOBALG.A.P. Members.
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‘Farm assurers’ are independent consultants that are trained, approved and licensed by GLOBALG.A.P.
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For additional details about the history of GLOBALG.A.P. please visit: http://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/who-we-are/about-us/history/, last accessed 31 January 2019.
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Accreditation bodies must be signatories of the International Accreditation Forum and the conformity assessment bodies need to be ISO/IEC 17065 accredited for the GLOBALG.A.P. scope. For more information please visit: www.iso.org, www.iaf.nu and/or www.globalgap.org/, last accessed 31 January 2019.
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For additional details please visit: http://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/who-we-are/about-us/, last accessed 31 January 2019.
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Scheme manager update training presentation, August 2016.
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Uncovered crops refer to crops being produced open field, whereas covered crops refer those being produced under protection.
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Content developed for Primary Farm Assurance (PFA) standard.
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Content developed for Primary Farm Assurance (PFA) standard. GLOBALG.A.P members can be producers and suppliers, retailers and food service providers as well as associate members (includes all other actors). For more information please visit: http://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/who-we-are/members/, last accessed 31 January 2019.
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Description of the ready-to-use option and the current list of programmes following this option are available online at: https://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/what-we-do/globalg.a.p.-certification/localg.a.p./localg.a.p.-ready-to-use-solution/, last accessed 31 January 2019. For the fully customised solution option and the list of corresponding programmes, please see: https://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/what-we-do/globalg.a.p.-certification/localg.a.p./localg.a.p.-fully-customized-solution/, last accessed 31 January 2019.
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Accessible under: https://database.globalgap.org, last accessed 31 January 2019.
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For more information please see: https://www.globalgap.org/uk_en/Profiles/South-Africa-Fruit-and-Vegetables/, last accessed 31 January 2019.
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For additional details please see: https://wiki.globalgap.org/index.php/Packhouse_add-on_for_localg.a.p._South_Africa, last accessed 31 January 2019.
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Uribe-Leitz, E., Coetzer-Boersma, E., Venter, C. (2019). localg.a.p.: International Know-How Applied at Regional Level. In: Schmidt, M., Giovannucci, D., Palekhov, D., Hansmann, B. (eds) Sustainable Global Value Chains. Natural Resource Management in Transition, vol 2. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-14877-9_32
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