Is a stepwise compliance levels within a single GAP standard necessary: The case of Thailand's Q-GAP for vegetable value chains
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- Amekawa Yuichiro
- Principal Investigator
- 立命館大学
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- 森高 正博
- Co-Investigator
- 九州大学
About this project
- Japan Grant Number
- JP18H02292
- Funding Program
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research
- Funding organization
- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
- Project/Area Number
- 18H02292
- Research Category
- Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
- Allocation Type
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- Single-year Grants
- Review Section / Research Field
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- Basic Section 41020:Rural sociology and agricultural structure-related
- Research Institution
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- Ritsumeikan University
- Project Period (FY)
- 2018-04-01 〜 2022-03-31
- Project Status
- Completed
- Budget Amount*help
- 17,030,000 Yen (Direct Cost: 13,100,000 Yen Indirect Cost: 3,930,000 Yen)
Research Abstract
In this study, we sought to assess the effectiveness of Thailand’s Q-GAP standard by examining the compliance of producers in the production process management related to Q-GAP certification through comparison between Q-GAP certified farmers and non-certified farmers in Thailand. For this purpose, case studies of two crops, cabbage and chili pepper, were conducted. For cabbage, we conducted a socio-economic survey of 41 Q-GAP certified farmers and 90 non-certified farmers, and also collected crop samples for pesticide residue analysis. The results were presented in a paper published in an international journal called Sustainability in June 2021. For chili pepper, we have obtained data from 100 certified farmers and 229 non-certified farmers in the same way, and are currently analyzing them.