Implementing programmes to improve safety and quality in fruit and vegetable supply chains : : benefits and drawbacks : Latin American case studies /

Latin American case studies on "Implementing programs to improve safety and quality in fruit and vegetables supply chains: benefits and drawbacks" provide guidelines to improve understanding of the factors that facilitate and/or hamper the implementation of safety and quality improvements...

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Main Author: Pineiro, M. (Maya)
Corporate Authors: Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Food Quality and Standards Service
Other Authors: Díaz Ríos, Luz B.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Rome : Food Quality and Standards Service, Nutrition and Consumer Protection Division, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, 2007.
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Summary:Latin American case studies on "Implementing programs to improve safety and quality in fruit and vegetables supply chains: benefits and drawbacks" provide guidelines to improve understanding of the factors that facilitate and/or hamper the implementation of safety and quality improvements on the part of fruit and vegetable producers, especially small-scale ones, and also of the need to propose integrated solutions that take account of the producers' technical, administrative and economic capacities, together with the amount of institutional support needed in order to develop and /or strengthen these capacities.--Publisher's description.
Item Description:Latin American case studies on "Implementing programmes" provide guidelines to improve understanding of the factors that facilitate and/or hamper the implementation of safety and quality improvements on the part of fruit and vegetable producers, especially small-scale ones, and also of the need to propose integrated solutions that take account of the producers' technical, administrative and economic capacities, together with the amount of institutional support needed in order to develop and /or strengthen these capacities.
Physical Description:xiii, 121 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 30 cm.
Available both in print and online.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 94-95).
ISBN:9789251059012
9251059012