A comparative analysis of certifications schemes: the case of GlobalGAP, Fair Trade, Integrated Fruit Production and Organic
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Certification, Fruits, Brazil, Food safetyAbstract
Certification has become increasingly relevant as a marketing signal for agribusiness especially in the fruit sector over the past few years. Substantial parts of many value chains are by now certified by standards as GlobalGAP, Fair Trade, Integrated Fruit Production and Organic. At the same time, in developed countries, particularly in the European Union and the United States, demand for higher levels of food safety has led to the implementation of certification programs that address moretypes of safety-related attributes and impose stricter standards. The comparative analysis of the four certification schemes which exist in the fruit sector in Brazil has shown that GlobalGAP and the Integrated Fruit Production (PIF) are similar certification schemes. However, they differ with respect to the number of requirements and their distribution over various stages. Fairtrade certification concentrates on producers’ organizations and cooperatives where small-scale farmers belong to and not on individual farmers. With respect to organic certification, the requirements are not directed to a particular product or crop and their level of compliance is not indicated.
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