GAP audit training manual

Abstract

Farmers and producers either individually or as business entities need assistance in being able to implement these formal GAP arrangements. This guidance is expected to come from Public Sector Agricultural Extension Officers and also private sector stakeholders. This GAP Auditing Manual is to provide such persons with the basic procedures, field skills, techniques and tools needed to plan and conduct an effective GAP audit. The objective is for the auditor to obtain concise, relevant, and up to date information of the situation on the farm being audited and at the same time to measure its level of compliance with the standards currently in place. Those who use this Manual, for example, extension officers from the private and public sector, should have some knowledge of the GAP practices and should be able to draw from their own experience and judgment to ensure that their findings are representative of what is being practiced, observed and reported on the farm