Good agricultural practices are agricultural production that does not harm the environment and human and animal health. These practices aim to protect natural resources, ensure traceability and sustainability in agriculture, and food safety. In this regard, the indicator is a response indicator.
Good Agricultural Practices are carried out in accordance with the legislation on good agricultural practices published by the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry. According to this, the product must be traceable from the field to the dining table, and each process must be recorded. The use ofpesticides, fertilizers, etc. is carried out according to the results of analysis and under control. The final product is certified according to the report issued by the inspection body.
The good agricultural practices have been implemented in Turkey since 2007 in 18 provinces with 651 producers and on an area of 5,361 ha. While the good agricultural practices had a production volume of 8,230,026 tons on 615,614 ha area in 2018, it was 7,706,404 tons on 539,607 ha area with 61,498 producers in 66 provinces in 2019. In 2019, the production area of good agricultural practices accounted for 2.7% of the total agricultural area115.
GRAPH 149- THE PRODUCTION AREA AND THE AMOUNT OF GOOD AGRICULTURAL PRACTICES BY YEAR
Source: Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry,2021
