ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT POST EUREPGAP CERTIFICATION FOR PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION IN GUARAÇAÍ, SÃO PAULO STATE, BRAZIL
The article addresses the role of certification in agricultural development. For that, an assessment of environmental impacts of certification under the European Retailers Produce Working Group - Good Agricultural Practices (EurepGap) was carried out in rural establishments dedicated to the pineappl...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2008 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Goiás (UFG) |
| Repositorio: | Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical (Online) |
| Idioma: | portugués |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:ojs.revistas.ufg.br:article/3904 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/3904 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Pineapple EurepGap environmental certification Abacaxi certificação ambiental |
| Sumario: | The article addresses the role of certification in agricultural development. For that, an assessment of environmental impacts of certification under the European Retailers Produce Working Group - Good Agricultural Practices (EurepGap) was carried out in rural establishments dedicated to the pineapple production in Guaraçaí, São Paulo State (Brazil), a leading producing region in the country. EurepGap is a certification procedure based on Good Agricultural Practices, with voluntary participation, that intends to meet the consumers interests, in terms of food safety, animal welfare, environmental protection and health, and workers safety and welfare. The approach proposed in this article focuses on agricultural certification as a process that can contribute towards the reduction of environmental impacts, as assessed with the Ambitec-Agro integrated indicators system. KEY-WORDS: Pineapple; EurepGap; environmental certification. |
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