Good Agriculture Practices in India

1. WHAT ARE GOOD AGRICULTURE
PRACTICES?
Mrs.Surya Narmada, MSc (Horticulture), F.I.V
Horticulture and Agriculture Arbitration Consultant
Registered Valuer for Agriculture Lands
www.koviseagro.com
suryanarmada@gmail.com

2. GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE(GAP)
• Producing good wholesome agriculture
products ensuring food and environment
safety
• Farmers should adapt techniques which
satisfy the above and fetch a good price for
their produce in the market
• Process starts from soil to retail market of the
produce

3. GAP definition by FAO
• GAP are a “ collection of principles to apply for
on-farm production and post production
process, resulting in safe and healthy food and
non-food agricultural products , while taking
into account economic, social and
environmental sustainability”.

4. BENEFITS OF GAP
Promotes sustainable agriculture
Meeting national and international
environment standards in farm produce
Helps improve the safety and quality of
food and other agricultural products.
Better implementation of the food
regulations in India
Checking out residual toxicity in the farm
for better Food quality & safety
improvement
Encouraging Culture of Food Safety
Optimization of human and natural
resources in agriculture
Better price realization of the produce
Secure and strengthen livelihoods of the
small and marginal farmers
Facilitating market access
Systematic Scientific business approach
to enable professionalism in farming

5. GAP
– PRACTICAL APPROACH
• Small and Marginal Farmers
• Transition from farming to farm business
• Farm Calendar Operations
• Farm Record Maintenance
• Participating in Training
• Adapting techniques related to good
agriculture practices
• Ensuring Food, Social and Environment safety

6. Farming to Farm Business
Farming as life style
• No proper planning
• Improper Budgeting
• Less technology adaption
• Output focus on produce
• Blend with lifestyle
approach
• Less manpower
• Less machinery involvement
Farm Business
• Proper Planning
• Proper Budgeting
• Proper Technology Adaption
• Output focus on quality
produce with good market
price
• Professional approach
• Needed manpower and
Machine technology

7. Farm Calendar Operation

8. FARM RECORD MAINTENANCE
• Activity Log or Farm Day Register
• Labour Attendance Register
• Farm Inputs Register
• Accounting Book
• Farm Outputs Register
• Payments, Bills and Voucher

9. Participating in Agriculture Training
Field Level Training
Village Level Training
Home Garden Training

10. Adapting Techniques for GOOD
AGRICULTURE PRACTICES
• Farm Safety
• Soil Health Management
• Irrigation Management
• Selection of seeds and
Planting material
• Cattle Management
• Integrated Weed
Management
• Integrated Nutrition
Management
• Integrated Nutrition
Management
• Integrated Pest and
Disease Management
• Energy and Waste
Management
• Efficient Post Harvest and
Processing Strategy
• Food Safety
• Environment Safety
• Workers Safety

11. Farm Safety
• Live Fencing
• Barbed Wire Fencing
• Solar Fencing
• Farm Safety using CCTV and other digital
mechanism

12. SOIL HEALTH MANAGEMENT
• Well drained Soil
• Maintaining the organic
content in the soil
• Erosion Reducing
Techniques
• Crop Rotation
• Growing green leaf
manure crops
• Proper Mulching (natural
or artificial)
• Soil Testing

13. Grazing
Crop rotation
Fencing

15. IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT
• Irrigation Source - Open Well, Borewell, River
and Canal Based Irrigation
• Quantity and quality of water
• Method of Irrigation
• Scheduling irrigation and following a pattern
• Avoid crops with high water requirements in a
low availability region
• Farm insitu conservation and exsitu conservation

17. Drainage Water Conveyance System
Mulching

18. Water conservation
Exsitu conservation

19. Water Conservation
INSITU CONSERVATION

20. Selection of Seed and Planting
Material
• Certified or known Source
• Pest and Disease Free
• Adapting Seed Treatment Techniques

21. Cattle Management
• Selection of Breed Suitable for the locality
• Respect of animal well-being
• Space for natural grazing
• Maintain cattle record register
• Prevent chemical and medical residues from
entering the food chain.

23. Integrated Weed Management
• Herbal Harvest
Technique
• Bio Control
• Hand Weeding and
Hoeing
• Mechanical Weeding
• Chemical (if needed)
considering the toxic
residue

24. Integrated Nutrient Management
• INM starts with soil health management
• Soil Testing and application of appropriate
basal nutrients before every cropping season
• Usage of green manure crops and adapting
Crop Rotation
• Usage of farm insitu bio inputs and purchased
bio inputs from properly licensed buyer

25. Integrated Nutrient Management

26. INTEGRATED PEST AND DISEASE
MANAGEMENT
• Prevention Methods
using monitoring techniques
• Management Methods
 Adapting Ecologically Engineering Concept
to ensure Environmental Safety and to avoid
Harmful pesticide residue
Physical, Mechanical, Biological using
microbials and macrobials and if needed
Chemicals at low dosage

27. Traps – Monitoring and Management

28. Releasing Predators – Part of
Ecological Engineering Concept
Efficient Technique in
Managing Pests

29. Biological Control

30. Energy and waste management
• Good practices related to
energy and waste
management to ensure
efficient use and safe
disposal.
• Adopt energy saving
practices in building
design, machinery size,
maintenance and use.
• Investigate alternative
energy source ( wind,
solar and biofuels) to
fossil fuel and adopt
them where feasible.

31. ENVIRONMENT SAFETY
• Soil Safety
• Water Safety
• Checking for Microbial Contamination
• Checking for Residual Toxicity
• Encouraging crop rotation
• Managing a good eco system

32. Environ Safety

33. Worker’s Safety
• Soft skill training
• Training on how to handle machinery and
pesticide, if any
• First aid knowledge
• Moral Support – Financial aid, adopt a
farmer, Interest Free loans

34. Output – Agriproduce with Food Safety
REAP YOUR EFFORTS

35. Harvesting and Processing

36. Marketing
Direct Marketing
FPO Marketing
Online Marketing

37. Storage

38. GAP Certification
• GLOBAL GAP
• INDGAP
The requirements on GAP practices with respect to
food safety, environment management, workers health
and safety and produce quality depending on what
type of certification is being sought.
Voluntary Scheme

39. Thankyou Mother Earth for giving me an opportunity to serve as a
Consultant