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National Commission for Good Agricultural Practices

Good agricultural practices (GAP) are the actions involved in the production, processing, and transporting of products of agricultural and animal origin, oriented to safeguard the product, the environment, and the people who produce it. In the case of agricultural and livestock products, it also involves the animal's well-being.

The Ministry of Agriculture created the National Commission for Good Agricultural Practices in 2001, an entity of private and public coordination whose goal is to advise the Ministry on the outlining of policies addressed to incorporate the concept of GAP into the agricultural and animal production processes of our country.

 

 

 

The Under Secretary of Agriculture chairs the Commission, which includes representatives from the following institutions:

• Agriculture and Livestock Agency (SAG)
• Institute for Agricultural Development (INDAP)
• Office for Agricultural Research and Planning (ODEPA)
• Institute for Agricultural Innovation (FIA)
• National Bureau on Agricultural Production Research (INIA)
• National Commission of Irrigation (CNR)
• Ministry of Health of Chile (MinSalud)
• National Council of Clean Production (CORFO)
• Promotion Management (CORFO)
• PROCHILE
• National Service of the Woman (SERNAM)
• Federation of Beef Producers (FEDECARNE)
• Federation of Dairy Farmers (FEDELECHE)
• Association of Poultry Producers (APA)
• Association of Pork Producers (ASPROCER)
• Fresh Fruit Producers Federation (FEDEFRUTA)
• National Agriculture Society (SNA, CODESSER)
• Fresh Fruit Exporters Association (ASOEX)
• Association of Chilean Food Enterprises (CHILEALIMENTOS)
• United Movement of Chilean Farmers and Ethnic Groups (MUCECH)
• Voice of the Countryside Confederation (La Voz del Campo)
• Cooperatives of Small Farmers (CAMPOCOOP)

 

 

 

 

One of the tasks accomplished by the National Commission for Good Agricultural Practices has been the development of Technical Specifications for Good Agricultural Practices for many agricultural and animal products. They define the characteristics required for a product and the process of its production in order to fulfill the established criteria on good agricultural practices. As such, they serve as references for those producers interested in implementing GAP.

The Commission has created various Technical Committees, with members of both the public and private sectors, who have discussed and agreed upon the GAP technical specifications according to international criteria as well as to the reality of the Chilean agricultural and animal production.

 

 

The technical specifications of GAP so far developed are the following:

GAPs TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION MANUALS
SECTOR	PRODUCTS	YEAR
AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS	Production and Fruit Packing	2003
	Cultivation of Berries	2004
	Cultivation of Rice	2003
	Cultivation of Potatoes	2003
	Cultivation of Corn	2003
	Cultivation of Wheat	2003
	Vegetables: Field Production	2003
	Vegetables: Greenhouse Production	2003
ANIMAL PRODUCTS	Breed of Dairy Cattle	2003
	Breed of Beef Cattle	2003
	Breed of Ovinae	2004
	Breed of Hogs	2003
	Breed of Hens	2003
	Production of Chicken Eggs for Human Consumption	2004
	Beekeeping	2004

 

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