GAP are agricultural practices that address environmental, economic, and social sustainability at the farm level. They aim to produce safe and quality food and non-food products. GAP benefits include improved food quality and safety, easier market access, and lower risks of non-compliance. Main challenges are increased production costs for record keeping, testing, and certification as well as limited access to information and support services.

1. Mahesh Kankane
Theme Anchor-Vegetable Garden and PVSP Trial
Bhopal (M.P.)
7869954370
maheshkankane@gmail.com

2. • GAP are practices that address environmental, economic & social sustainability
for on-farm processes, and result in safe and quality food and non-food
agricultural products
• Developed by the food industry, producer organizations, governments &
NGOs, aiming to codify agricultural practices at farm level
• GAP benefits are:
-food quality & safety improvement
-facilitating market access
-reduction in non-compliance risks re. permitted pesticides, MRLs & other
contamination hazards
Main challenges:
-increase in production cost like recordkeeping, residue testing & certification
-Inadequate access to information and support services

3. • Water
• A)Agriculture
• B)Processing
• Manure, Compost and Other similar Fertilizers
• Sanitary Facility
• Field Sanitation
• Packing Facility Sanitation
• Transportation
• Trace back

4. Good Practices
Process Knowledge Values and
Ethics
Skills

5. • Improvement in Crop Productivity (Major Crops):
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E
Gaps:
Less HYV (hybrids) Area
Non adoption of weed control
Less use of Fertilizer
Strategies:
Increase in area under hybrid Maize
Balance nutrient use on soil test basis
Effective weed control

6. • Improvement in Crop Productivity (Major Crops):
R
I
C
E
Gaps:
Low Plant Population
Less use of Fertilizer
Cold Irrigation Water
Losses due to Blast
Strategies:
Seed Treatment, IPM
Adoption of SRI for proper Plant
Population
Balanced Fertilizer use
Adoption of Rice Hybrids
Increase in SRR

7. • Improvement in Crop Productivity (Major Crops):
W
H
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A
T
Gaps:
Maximum area rainfed
Problem of Rust and Loose Smut
Less use of Fertilizer
Strategies:
Life saving irrigation through micro
irrigation system
Seed treatment
Increase in SRR 13% to 35%
Balanced Fertilizer use
Adoption of moisture conservation and
drought resistant varieties

8. • Soil Health Management:
To provide
Soil Health Card to each
farmer and to make it
online

10.  Soil Health Management can be done through:
 Balance use of Nutrients (NPK Ratio)
 Promotion of Organic Farming
 Strengthening of Soil/ Fertilizer Testing Services
Setting up of Mobile Soil Laboratory
Strengthening of Lab
Capacity Building Training/ Demo.
District Digital Soil Map
Promotion of INM (ha.)

11. • Conservation and Management of Natural
Resources
Maximum area is under rainfed.
Annual rainfall 1017 mm.
Un even distribution of rain fall.
Problem of Soil erosion/Degradation

12. • Conservation and Management of Natural
Resources
 Watershed Development
Programme
 Impact of Watershed Programme
 Creation of Water potential
through Water Harvesting

13. • Seed Development/ Seed Chain
 Production and
Distribution of
Certified Seed
 Increase of Seed
Replacement Rate
(SRR %)
 Seed Village
Programme

14. • Precision Farming :
Polyhouses:
Micro-Irrigation:
 Sprinkler System
 Drip System

15. • Crop Protection and IPM :
 Reduction in
Consumption of Chemical
Pesticides
 Promotion of
Integrated Pest
Management
 I.P.M. Demonstrations
and Farmers Field School
Seed Treatment

16.  Crop Diversification/ Niche Farming:
NEED FOR
DIVERSIFICATION
• Household food / nutritional
security
• Risk coverage : Mono
cropping high risk
• Rural employment
opportunities
• Sustainability of Production
Systems

17. • Extension and Transfer of Technology:
 Crop Demonstration
 Skill Training Prog. (Farmers)
 FIG/ SHG/ FO
 Exposure Visits
 Mass Media Support
 Implementation of AGRISNET
Portal

18. • Insurance and Credit :
 Distribution of Kisan credit card
 Crop loan scheme
 Loan on fertilizers
 Insurance of the crop

19. • Mechanisation:
 Tractors/ Power Tillers
 Power Thresher
 Other Equipments
 Demonstration of
New Equip.

20. GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (GAP)
Why it is so important?
Growers
Growers
Consumer
Processors
Retailer
GMP
GHP
GAP

21. GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (GAP)
Who initiated the GAP as a Standard?
1. EurepGAP, initiated in 1997, by European Retailers, and
other members of input and services side of Agriculture.
2. First version released in Europe in 2001.
3. EurepGAP standard is designed to reassure
consumers
– about how food is produced on farm by
minimizing detrimental environmental
impacts of Farming operations,
– reducing the use of chemical inputs
– ensuring responsible approach to worker
health and safety as well as animal
welfare.

22. GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES (GAP)
GAP BENEFITS:
 FOOD QUALITY & SAFETY IMPROVEMENT
 FACILITATING MARKET ACCESS
 REDUCTION IN NON COMPLIANCE RISES REGARDING
PERMITTED PESTICIDES AND OTHER CONTAMINATION HAZARDS.
MAIN CHALLENGES:
 INCREASE IN PRODUCTION COST LIKE RECORD KEEPING,
RESIDUE TESTING AND CERTIFICATION
 INADEQUATE ACCESS TO INFORMATION AND SUPORT
SERVICES.