Sustainable Production and Commercialization Strategies in the Agri-food Sector in South Africa (SUPRA) - Deliverable D1.4: Best Sustainable Production Practices

The main objective of the deliverable “D.1.4. Best sustainable production procedures”, is to strengthen the sustainability of the agri-food sector in Limpopo, Eastern Cape and KwaZulu Natal. In this sense, the use of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) will be encouraged as a solution that contributes to the technical, social and environmental sustainability of agricultural activity. The training program will consist on a theory and practical part, that will be conducted by the local partners of the project, aiming to capacitate at least 30 smallholder farmers in the use of Good Agricultural Practices, so that, at the end of the program the smallholders farmers have sufficient capacity to be able to manage independently and efficiently their crops, and are ready to start with the implementation of the Green Certification Scheme This manual, therefore, is designed to be used as the main tool for the development of the theoretical part of the training program that will be implemented under the activity addressed to the 30 smallholder farmers.