1. Impact of GAP on Farm Productivity in Japan
Case studies of
Impact of GAP on Farm Productivity
in Japan
Presented by: Yasuaki Takeda, Asia GAP Research Institute
Managing Director, October 2015
Lettuce farm in Japan
Rice field in Japan 1

2. Purpose of implementation of GAP
Food safety
Sustainability
Worker safety
Productivity (Unclear by now, JGAP covers after JGAP 2015, definitely-located)
Human rights and Ethics (JGAP cover after JGAP2015)
Animal welfare(JGAP does not cover this aspect)
At the end, getting trust from buyer-side, through some auditing activities.

3. What is farm Productivity
Yield increase per 10a
Yield increase per input (cost)
Yield increase per one person
What is yield?
Sales / money
Volume
Reputation / Trust
You need to take care about Employment happiness (Salary / Work space environment / Fulfillment feeling from job / Scheduled off) at the same time

4. GAP contributes farm productivity? OR GAP makes farm inefficiency?
Our first concern
GAP contributes farm productivity? OR
GAP makes farm inefficiency?

5. Questionnaire survey to farms certified by JGAP
What kind of benefit
do you have from JGAP
implementation except
food safety, sustainability
and worker safety?
Result / answer in left.
You can find secondary
and unexpected benefit
From JGAP certified.
2012 Survey conducted by National
Agriculture and Food Research
Organization
164 JGAP certified farms (individual
certification / Response rate: 54.2%)

6. Mechanism to have good productivity and benefits from GAP
Benefits of the implementation
of GAP for farming businesses
are obtained in sequence.
Introduction of GAP improves
employees' awareness first.
Then, improvements in
employees' awareness boosts
systematic production, which
leads to improved quality, and
eventually improved sales.
2012 Survey conducted by National
Agriculture and Food Research
Organization
164 JGAP certified farms (individual
certification / Response rate: 54.2%)
Arrows denote positive influences between the respective benefits. The dark color of the arrows indicates the strength of the relationship.

7. Some farm achieve improvement of productivity.
My concern
Some farm achieve improvement of productivity.
and
Some others are not.
What’s different?

8. What is the critical point to improve farm productivity?
Farming depends on experiences
and memories
JGAP require Structure of farm
management based on record keeping
-->What is the critical point to improve
farm productivity or too much paper
work and inefficiency through GAP
implementation?.
Answer !!
Employees‘ participation in process
of GAP implementation
2012 Survey conducted by National
Agriculture and Food Research
Organization
164 JGAP certified farms (individual
certification / Response rate: 54.2%)

9. Structure of farm management required by JGAP
How do you makes employees to participate into the process of JGAP implementation
Structure of farm management required by JGAP
Step 1 : Governance in farm / clarification of responsibility,
the division of the roles / the directions and orders
Step 2 : Risk analysis and Assess production environment
Site / water / soil / facility / machinery and so on
Step 3 : Rule making
and clarify the process and procedure
Step 4 : keep everyone informed about rule and procedure,
and educate employee to follow them
Step 5 : Record recording, checking, and assessment of farming processes and employee following rules

10. Case study Yamanami farm, rice farm in Niigata, Japan
Yamanami farm is founded in 1992, and certified JGAP in 2009.The total farmed
area has expanded to 97ha in full-time employees, and 600 temporary
employees.
For example, a reduction in the dead stock of pesticides was
achieved by implementing the control of pesticides (control of use, storage, and
stock of pesticides), which is one of the control points of JGAP.

11. Employee awareness in Yamanami farm through JGAP?
Both of farm manager and employee involve rule-making process through the process of JGAP implementation.
Both farm manager and Employee understand the groundwork of JGAP requirement, and involve rule-making process together
Clarify roles and responsibilities of manager and employees
Establish the annual plan and weekly plan, and share it with all employees

12. Employee awareness in Yamanami farm through JGAP?
Before the implementation of GAP and the management system, the farm manager made all plans and gave all directions (that is, top-down governance). Accordingly, the employees had a strong "consciousness of being employed" and they strongly tended to seek detailed directions from the farm manager and do only those manager directed.
However, after the implementation of JGAP by co-work of manager and employee together, farm achieve to workers' sense of responsibility and the autonomy of individual employees, and furthermore, raised common understanding of the circumstances of the whole farm.

13. for certificate system etc Special Committee for productivity
JGAP2015 is coming soon!
JGAP2015　direction to develop
Proper and economical farm management
GAP to improve farm management and farm productivity
Adapt to Japan, East Asia and South-East Asia field
GAP to adapt highly automated factorized farm and ingredient of herbal remedy
GAP to be recognized by GFSI
Technical Commitee
技術委員会　本委員会
技術委員長　1名
部会長　4名
課題ごとの専門審議会
生産性向上と管理技術の向上　専門審議会
施肥　専門審議会
残留農薬　専門審議会
病原性細菌管理　専門審議会
環境保全と持続的農業　専門審議会
労働安全・農機　専門審議会
海外活用　専門審議会
品目部会
青果物部会（部会長1名）
土耕青果物・薬用作物　小部会
水耕青果物（植物工場）　小部会
きのこ 小部会
穀物部会（部会長1名）
コメ　小部会
麦・大豆・その他穀物　小部会
茶部会（部会長1名）
SubCommitee
for Fruit
for Vegetable
for Mashroom
for Rice
for Grain
for Tea
for certificate system
etc
Special Committee
for productivity
for pesticide
for disease germs
for worker safety
etc
審査認証部会（部会長1名）
団体認証制度も管掌