Good Agricultural Practice (GAP) is a certification system for agriculture, specifying procedures that must be implemented to create food for consumers or further processing that is safe and wholesome, using sustainable methods. This include practices that address environmental, economic and social sustainability for on-farm processes, and which result in safe and quality food and non-food agricultural products. Chronic overuse and misuse of agricultural pesticides resulted in introduction of GAP. Government planned to reduce use of pesticides by introducing an alternative method of pest management , while at the same time ensuring a steady production of safe and wholesome food .GAP maintains a database that collects , analyze , and disseminate information of good agricultural practices in relevant geographical contexts.
What is GAP ?
