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AVALIAÇÃO DE IMPACTOS AMBIENTAIS PÓS-CERTIFICAÇÃO EUREPGAP NA CULTURA DO ABACAXI EM GUARAÇAÍ (SP)

2008; Postgraduate Institute of Agriculture; Volume: 38; Issue: 4 Linguagem: Inglês

10.5216/pat.v38i4.3904

1016-1422

Omar Jorge Sabbag,

Rural Development and Agriculture

The article addresses the role of certification in agricultural development. For that, an assessment of environmental impacts of certification under the European Retailers Produce Working Group - Good Agricultural Practices (EurepGap) was carried out in rural establishments dedicated to the pineapple production in Guaracai, Sao Paulo State (Brazil), a leading producing region in the country. EurepGap is a certification procedure based on Good Agricultural Practices, with voluntary participation, that intends to meet the consumers interests, in terms of food safety, animal welfare, environmental protection and health, and workers safety and welfare. The approach proposed in this article focuses on agricultural certification as a process that can contribute towards the reduction of environmental impacts, as assessed with the Ambitec-Agro integrated indicators system. KEY-WORDS: Pineapple; EurepGap; environmental certification.