1. Framework for K-Farm Green Value Chain Production of Carambola

2. Developing the Framework
Part 1
Developing the Framework

3. Sustainable Agriculture
Sustainable agriculture is a global agenda
Environmental health
Economic profitability
Social and economic equity
“meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs”
Stewardship of natural and human resources
involves maintaining and supporting this vital resource base for the long term.
consideration of stakeholders of the industry, laborers, rural communities, consumer health and safety, both in the present and future.

4. Need for sustainable agriculture
Constraints on natural resources – real constraints
High production costs – higher risks, competition for resources
Consumers awareness
Better informed
Better educated
Greater purchasing power
Supermarkets – competition among peers for customers
Importing countries – global concern, Trade barriers
Food quality – food safety, food nutrition

5. Benefits of greening the agri-food value chain
Enhance food safety – thro’ improving coordination with suppliers
Improve environmental conservation – thro’ demands on suppliers
Reduce risk and liabilities in production – less recalls of products
Lower costs – thro’ better integration with suppliers, better design, 3Rs’
Improve productivity – introduce efficient operations management,
Create innovative opportunities for practitioners
Create market access – demands by importers, supermarkets
Create corporate image
Create competitive advantage – costs, market, credibility, price

6. Guiding principles of green agri-food value chain
Food safety and hygiene
Clean, safe to eat, no contamination
Food quality
Fiber and nutrition content
Environmentally sustainable agriculture
Sustainable use of natural resources
Protection of ecosystem
Economically sustainable agriculture
Fair trading
Fair price

7. Approaches to green agri-food value chain
Create open market
Information access, open communication
Create competition field - free restriction on retail
Remove price control, export subsidy, import duty
Transfer of knowledge and technology
Research priority, practical technology
Good guidance
Commitment, transparent, 3rd party audit
Build capacity
Skilled managers and extension officers
Install basic infrastructure (EE)
Transportation system
Communication system
Production technology

8. Implementing green agri-food value chain
Promoting awareness – involve the private sector, school children
Develop marketing and market access
Create green network for stakeholders – forums, champions
Incorporate guidelines, standards & codes of practice
Voluntary participation
Develop national standards – benchmark, certification
Other standards – pesticides control, energy, waste disposal
Introduce measures to improve productivity
Introduce traceability system
Build credibility and consumer confidence

9. Elements of a green agri-food value chain framework
Deterioration of ecosystem from population pressure
Loss of bio-diversity from expansion and intensive cultivation
Need to review natural resource management strategies for food production
Need to review wastewater and toxic waste management from food production
Need to address consumers demands for safe, clean and sustainable agri-food production
Rationale of green
agri-food value chain
Conceptual
Guiding principles of green agri-food value chain
Food quality, safety and hygiene
Food security
Environmentally sustainable agriculture
Economically sustainable agriculture
Green agri-food value chain allows the simultaneous improvement in agri-food production and environment protection by analyzing critical points of agri-food production, from growing to consumption, lowering risks and liabilities on the environment and increasing productivity at each stage of the process.
Consumer awareness is the biggest driver to the green agri-food value chain process
The competition of supermarkets forces them to insist on growers and suppliers compliance to evolving standards of food safety, environmental sustainability and affordable price
Concepts of green
agri-food value chain

10. Implementing policies in Monitoring / evaluating
The business relationships between upstream stakeholders are vital to promote green agri-food production with mutual benefits
Establish open market trading system, effective TOT, develop clear guidelines to production standards and capacity building
Establish positive enabling environment: land allocation, infrastructure, R&D capability
Review agriculture policy
Establish social / political support to green agri-food production
Approaches to green
agri-food value chain
Approach
Develop awareness campaigns of green agri-food production
Create green network among all stakeholders of the chain
Introduce and incorporate green guidelines (Codes of Practice) in agri-food chain
Implementing policies in
green agri-food
value chain
Implement
Regular review and up-date of standards
Benchmark to national standards
Advance from voluntary compliance to certification
Achieve the goals and targets of signatory and international protocols
Monitoring / evaluating
goals and targets

11. Green agri-food value chain in practice:
Case for K-Farm GAP QMS

13. K-Farm GAP QMS implements the efficient
and profitable production of high quality
fruit that is healthy and safe for consumption,
in systems that are practical and
environmentally sustainable.

14. Guiding principles of K-Farm GAP QMS
Food safety and hygiene – allergy, sickness and death
Food quality – nutrition and fiber content
Environmentally sustainable agriculture
IPM, ICM, Conservation agriculture
Sustainable uses of resources
Economically sustainable agriculture
Farming systems (inputs, productivity, profitability)
Production efficiency (management, marketing)
Social sustainability
Workers welfare

15. K-Farm GAP Model - approach
Voluntary participation
Self regulation
Acquire specific knowledge and technology
Networking with industry stakeholders
Provide intimate extension service
Less inputs and lower costs
Market orientation
Introducing risk and decision making