Organic Fruits and Vegetables

See also main page on Environmental and social certification for responsible agricultural production and trade

Organic certification schemes: managerial skills and associated costs

Organic and fair-trade bananas

Seminar: Producing and Exporting Organic Fruit and Vegetables in Asia - 3 to 5 November 2003, Bangkok, Thailand

World Markets for Organic Citrus and Citrus Juices

World Markets for Organic Fruit and Vegetables

Conference on Supporting the Diversification of Exports in the Caribbean/Latin American Region through the Developments of Organic Horticulture

Economic Comparison of Organic and Conventional Citrus Growing Systems in Spain

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Date Fruits
Dates represent an important source of export earning for some countries in Africa and the Middle East. Europe, in particular the European Community (EC), is a key market for date exporters. Although the EC imports of dates represent only 10 percent of world imports in volume, they account for some 30 percent in value. This reflects the fact that EC import prices for dates are much higher than the world average. However, the value of EC imports has been relatively stagnant over the last decade and import prices have declined since 1996. It is therefore important that exporting countries find new date products that could increase the value of their exports. To this end, FAO has produced two papers on the European market for dates. [ more... ]

Commodity Pages: Tropical Fruits
Tropical Fruits Commodity Notes, Avocado Market Generic Promotions, Tropical Fruits Network (TFNet, etc.) [ more... ]

Commodity Pages: Bananas
Banana Commodity Notes, Working Group on Environmentally and Socially Responsible Horticulture Production and Trade,Common Fund for Commodities Projects on Bananas, Banana Forum etc. [ more... ]

Commodity Pages: Citrus Fruit
Citrus Commodity notes, Citrus Fruit: Fresh and Processed - Annual Statistics 2002, Common Fund for Commodities, Meetings & Events, etc. [ more... ]

Working Group on Environmentally and Socially Responsible Horticulture Production and Trade
What is the Working Group? The Working Group was formed to facilitate dialogue, collaboration and joint activities among stakeholders working with social and environmental issues in horticultural production and trade. The participants in the Working Group have various backgrounds. These include NGOs involved in standard setting, certification and/or labelling of horticulture produce, auditors and environmental experts, banana producers and FAO. [ more... ]

Manuals on Certification for agricultural exports
These manuals explain the objectives, scope, advantages and constraints of a selection of voluntary private certification programmes (e.g. organic agriculture, "fair trade", GlobalGAP). They are designed for farmers and exporters. [ more... ]

Manual on Standards and Certification for Asian farmers and exporters
This manual explains the objectives, scope, advantages and constraints of a selection of voluntary private certification programmes (e.g. organic agriculture, "fair trade" and Good Practices programmes such as GlobalGAP). It is designed for Asian farmers and exporters. [ more... ]

Portal Page: Environmental and social certification for responsible agricultural production and trade

Certification in the value chain for fresh fruits: the example of banana industry

Value-adding standards in the North American food market

Private standards in the United States and European Union markets for fruit and vegetables

Technical regulations and standards for food exports: trust and the credence goods problem

The Japanese Market for Environmentally and Socially Certified Agricultural Products from Central America

Voluntary Standards and Certification for Environmentally and Socially Responsible Agricultural Production and Trade

Environmental and Social Standards, Certification and Labelling for Cash Crops

Organic agriculture

Organic Fruits and Vegetables

Manuals on certification for agricultural exports

ITC's Market News Service for organic products

Working Group on Environmentally and Socially Responsible Horticulture Production and Trade

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Seminar: Producing and Exporting Organic Fruit and Vegetables in Asia - 3-5 November 2003, Bangkok, Thailand
A Seminar jointly organized by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Earth Net Foundation and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) [ more... ]

Presentations of the Seminar: Producing and Exporting Organic Fruits and Vegetables in Asia
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Les exposés du Séminaire: Production et exportation de fruits et légumes biologiques en Asie

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FAO's participation in the 5th WTO Ministerial Conference, Cancun, Mexico (10-14 September 2003) - Important commodities in agricultural trade: Fruits and Vegetables
Fruit and vegetables exports are increasingly important for many developing economies. There are few subsidies for producers in developed countries and tariffs are low.

Tariff escalation is taking place with processed produce, such as fruit juice, and there are stronger phytosanitary controls in many countries which affect imports of fruit and vegetables.

There is a demand for harmonization of technical standards and treatments of exports which affect production processes and agrochemical practices. [ more... ]