The European Group for
Integrated Pest Management in
Development Cooperation

Sharing responsibility for food quality and safety in horticultural production from developing countries

Purpose

To assist small scale growers in developing countries to gain or maintain international market access by meeting food safety and quality requirements

Objectives

• to improve dialogue between standard setting (retailers and consumers) and standard implementing actors from the South (growers and exporters),
• to assist in harmonising and interpreting existing standards in order to include the needs of small-scale growers, and
• to identify first steps, proposals and policies for increasing small scale growers share in export production (e.g. access to information, technology gaps, certification).

Strategy

A workshop is organised to provide the opportunity for representatives of relevant European institutions, NGO's, the private sector, and partners from developing countries to identify a common strategy to assist small scale growers in developing countries to gain or maintain international market access by meeting food safety and quality requirements.

Taskforce Leader

IPMEurope

Partners

• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (German Corporation for International Development Co-operation),
• Wageningen University and Research Centre: LEI (Agricultural Economic Research Institute) and IAC (International Agricultural Centre)

Documented Results

Workshop Report [ws-food-safety.pdf, 120 KB].

Contact

IAC: Huub Stoetzer or IPMEurope secretariat

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