Title: ADOPTION OF GOOD AGRICULTURE PRACTICES

Authors: P. B. Chaudhary, G. R. Patel and H. A. Chaudhari

Publisher: The President, Society of Extension Education Gujarat

Keywords: good agriculture practices, environmental sustainability, on-farm production

Volume: 38

Issue: 2

Year: December 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56572/gjoee.2024.38.2.0036

Abstract: The concept of Good Agriculture Practices (GAPs) has developed in current years in the context of a unexpectedly changing and globalizing meals financial system and because of the issues and commitments of a extensive range of stakeholders about food production and security, food safety and fine and the environmental sustainability of agriculture. GAPs applies hints and to be had knowledge to addressing environmental, monetary and social sustainability for on-farm manufacturing and put up-manufacturing procedures ensuing in secure and wholesome meals and non-meals agricultural merchandise. GAPs as defined by FAO, are a "collection of principles to apply for on-farm production and postproduction processes, resulting in safe and healthy food and non-food agricultural products, while taking into account economic, social and environmental sustainability." North Gujarat comes under the jurisdiction of Sardarkrushinagar Dantiwada Agricultural University so study was conducted in North Gujarat. Banaskantha and Sabarkantha districts were selected randomly from six districts of the North Gujarat. Each district 120 farmers survey conducted thus, total 240 farmers participated. This study was confined to "Ex-post-facto" research design. That more than one half of the farmers had medium awareness regarding good agriculture practices.