GAP certification enhances agricultural value
Traceability safeguards food safety
Empowering sustainable agricultural development

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP)

Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) stands for "Good Agricultural Practice," originating from the EUREPGAP concept proposed by the European Retail Association in 1997. It was renamed GLOBALGAP in 2007 and is an internationally recognized standard for primary agricultural production operations. In 2004, China's National Certification and Accreditation Administration launched ChinaGAP certification work, and in 2005, the GB/T 20014 series of national standards was released. Certification work was carried out based on CNCA--N-004 "Implementation Rules for Good Agricultural Practice Certification," forming a certification system aligned with international standards.

GAP certification centers on traceability, is based on HACCP and sustainable development, focuses on quality control throughout the entire agricultural product production process, pays attention to environmental protection, employee health and safety, and animal welfare, and builds a food safety management system from the field source. Its core elements cover five major areas: environment and site selection, input quality control, standardized production, quality traceability, and employee health training. It standardizes the entire process from planting, harvesting, packaging, to transportation, reducing chemical use and avoiding production pollution and operational hazards.

Certification covers fields such as field crops, fruits and vegetables, tea, livestock and poultry, aquatic products, and ornamental plants. Governments at all levels have also launched special reward and subsidy policies to support them. Certification can improve the standardization level of agricultural production, boost consumer confidence, help enterprises establish brand image, break through international trade barriers, and promote sustainable agricultural development, achieving a win-win for both economic and ecological benefits.

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Value & Benefits

1) Using national standards as a framework, build a standardized management system covering the entire chain from planting to postharvest, controlling food safety risks from the source and comprehensively strengthening the foundation of agricultural product quality.

2) Through full-process quality control and traceability systems, the entire production process is transparent, making the source and destination of each batch of agricultural products traceable, significantly enhancing consumer trust.

3) GAP certification has a broad foundation for mutual recognition in international trade and serves as a key to removing technical barriers, expanding exports and opening international market channels through evidence.

4) Certified products can legally display relevant certification marks on sales packaging and promotional materials, effectively enhancing product premium capability and brand awareness, and increasing the income of certified enterprises and producers.

5) Use certification standards to promote enterprises to transition from "experience planting" to "standardized production," comprehensively improving the standardization level of agricultural production and the intrinsic quality of agricultural products.

6) Obtain special certification incentive funds from governments at all levels, effectively reduce the burden on enterprise certification, and achieve an economic incentive effect by subsidizing through rewards.

7) Focus on ecological and environmental protection and biodiversity preservation, promote green and sustainable agricultural development, and at the same time enhance corporate social responsibility and brand reputation.

8) Enhance producers' safety and environmental awareness, effectively reduce labor safety risks, and safeguard the occupational health of frontline workers.

Certification Process