Factors Influencing the Adoption of Good Agricultural Practices and Export Decision of Thailand’s Vegetable Farmers

Summary Vegetable farmers are facing a number of challenges including price fluctuations, production and marketing problems, low level of income etc. One strategy to overcome these problems is adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) in vegetable production. However, there is limited information regarding farmers’ awareness of GAP and its applications under the circumstances of farming in the country. Therefore, assessing farmers’ attitude is a timely requirement for directing farmers towards good agricultural practices. Thus, the objectives of the research were to assess the level of awareness of GAP program, relationship between socio-economic factors and awareness of GAP, farmers’ attitudes towards GAP program, factors affecting the willingness to adopt GAP program and the potentials and constraints in implementing GAP program in Galle District. A sample of 100 vegetable farmers in the district was selected through a multi-stage simple random sampling technique. Data were collected from March to July 2018, through a self-administered questionnaire survey and analyzed using descriptive statistics and chi-square test. The results revealed that the majority of vegetable farmers in the district were middle-aged males who had studied up to GCE ordinary level and they received a monthly income of 24000 LKR. Their age, gender, educational level and experience were significantly associated with the level of awareness of GAP program. However, despite their positive attitude towards GAP, most farmers were unwilling to take a risk to adopt GAP due to many issues such as lack of required inputs, capital, required field conditions, information and technical know-how. There are several potentials and also many constraints for implementing GAP in the district. Therefore, providing firstly better theoretical knowledge and then providing the main requirements will motivate more farmers to adopt GAP in their vegetable production procedures. Research studies related to application of GAP by Sri Lankan farmers are still at a lower level. This research thus will be useful for different stakeholders related to adoption of GAP in Sri Lanka.

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Food Safety on the Farm: Good Agricultural Practices and Good Handling Practices – Packing Operation Sanitation

EDIS ◽

10.32473/edis-fs189-2017 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 2017 (6) ◽

Author(s):

Jesscia A. Lepper ◽

Aswathy Sreedharan ◽

Renée Goodrich Schneider ◽

Keith R. Schneider

Keyword(s):

Food Safety ◽

Fruits And Vegetables ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Good Agricultural Practices ◽

Produce Safety ◽

Foreign Countries ◽

Safety Rule ◽

Handling Practices ◽

Voluntary Program ◽

Federal Guidelines

Good agricultural practices (GAPs) and good handling practices (GHPs) encompass the general procedures that growers, packers and processors of fresh fruits and vegetables should follow to ensure the safety of their product. GAPs usually deal with preharvest practices (i.e., in the field), while GHPs cover postharvest practices, including packing, storage and shipping. This factsheet covers GAPs relating to packing operation sanitation. There are seven other Florida Cooperative Extension factsheets in the ‘Food Safety on the Farm’ series that focus on specific aspects of the GAPs program and how they relate to Florida crops and practices. Under the new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), GAPs are a foundation of the Produce Safety Rule (PSR). Other than for round tomatoes in Florida (T-GAPs regulation), GAPs have mainly been a voluntary program. Additionally the PSR mandates all non-exempt operations to follow these new FSMA federal guidelines (6), but all exempt commodities and for those producers exporting to foreign countries, GAPs may still be required. Both the mandatory PSR and GAPs aim to reduce the foodborne illness burden associated with produce.

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Factors Influencing Farmers’ Decisions in Farm Machineries Usage: The Case of Vegetable Farmers in Quezon Province, Philippines

10.22447/jatb.7.2.202012.59 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 59-82

Author(s):

Fritz Jerald V. Principe ◽

Jeanette Angeline B. Madamba ◽

James Roldan S. Reyes ◽

Loida E. Mojica ◽

Mar B. Cruz

Keyword(s):

Vegetable Farmers ◽

Factors Influencing

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Producers' approaches about good agricultural practices in Manisa and İzmir

BIO Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/bioconf/20170903012 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 9 ◽

pp. 03012

Author(s):

Selcuk Karabat ◽

Başak Aydın

Keyword(s):

Agricultural Practices ◽

Good Agricultural Practices

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Implementation study of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) of Red Fruit (Pandanus conoideus Lamk.)

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/883/1/012047 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 883 (1) ◽

pp. 012047

Author(s):

M H Makaruku ◽

A Y Wattimena ◽

A S Mahulette ◽

E Kembauw

Keyword(s):

Random Sampling ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Agricultural Practices ◽

Land Ownership ◽

Survey Method ◽

Implementation Study ◽

Good Agricultural Practices ◽

Post Harvest ◽

Plant Cultivation ◽

Fruit Plants

Abstract This study aims to determine and analyze the GAP components that have implemented by red fruit farmers. The method used in the study was a survey method of plant cultivation. The multistage random sampling method used to taking sampling sampling. The area selected for the study area uses the land ownership startification. Each village was randomly sampled as many as 10 farmers, the total number of which was 30 sampled farmers. The results showed that the farmers in the Taniwel District had not fully implemented the GAP guidelines in the cultivation of red fruit plants which included seeding methods, maintenance and post-harvest processing. This is due to the absence of outreach or counseling from the relevant Dinas regarding the GAP guidelines for red fruit plants.

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