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.

These manuals also give a brief overview of the main categories of import regulations that exporters of agricultural products have to meet when they export to major markets (United States, European Union, Japan). Links to the web sites of organizations providing more details are given.

There are manuals for exporters and producers of different regions:

- Central America (only in Spanish)
- South America (only in Spanish)
- East Africa (only in English)
- West Africa (in English and French)
- Asia [in English, and other Asian languages]

Follow the links at right for more information.