The objective of the collaboration between GlobalGAP and the German Corporation for International Cooperation ( GIZ , Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit ) is to meliorate the fight of horticultural products from Central Asia to allay access code to international markets . This is to be achieved by the development of GlobalGAP certificate and consulting military service that are low-cost for local producer and available across the region .
The “ Trade Facilitation in Central Asia ” project has been lock in Kazakhstan , Kyrgyzstan , Tajikistan , and Uzbekistan since 2017 . The program aims at supporting patronage - oriented company in Central Asia to benefit from cost - cut back metre for craft facilitation . It is enforce by GIZ and commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development ( BMZ , Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung ) .
Facilitating the exportation of horticultural product is a cardinal priority for the countries of the region . The diversification of exports requires measures to see compliance with requisite of fresh marketplace , admit obligatory regulatory requisite , as well as the voluntary requirements / private standards of leading organisation , such as GlobalGAP .
The joint project includes cognisance raising natural process – the GlobalGAP Tour Stops - about the benefit of inaugurate the GlobalGAP Integrated Farm Assurance ( IFA ) Standard so as to improve competitiveness , inflate exportation market , and facilitate access to outside trade chain . Using the services of the GlobalGAP Academy , 44 expert from Central Asia were trained on the Standard during the GlobalGAP Farm Assurer Workshop , as well as on specific GlobalGAP aspect such as the Quality Management System and on how to become an Internal Inspector . With these capacity building measures future consultants and auditors should be well prepared to accelerate GlobalGAP certification in the neighborhood .
In improver , in June and July , the two GlobalGAP experts Kliment Petrov and Edite Strazdina performed pre - audit farm judgement on 7 dissimilar pilot farms in Central Asia in guild to place strengths and gap of local producers with regard to the GlobalGAP IFA Standard . The experts were accompanied by the trained local advisor , who were find to be highly motivated to hit the books the GlobalGAP IFA Standard and its practical implementation on website . And the selected farms were especially eager to implement secure agricultural pattern and the requirements of the GlobalGAP IFA Standard . The governance ’s technical experts are convinced that with continuous backing , they should already be able to reach GlobalGAP certification in the next harvesting time of year .
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