DIALOGUE OF KEY STAKEHOLDERS IN ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
PAGASA’s STC was invited to a Public-Private Market Dialogue
with the theme: “Boosting Food Standards in the Philippines”
on 20 April 2017 at the Oakwood Joy Nostalg Building at the
Ortigas Center. This Meeting included producers, retailers,
associations, companies with certified produce, certification
bodies and consumer groups. This Dialogue-Workshop aims
to understand the state of implementation of food standards
in the Philippines as well address challenges in the horizon.
It is an ASEAN-German Cooperation Project on standards in
the Southeast Asian Food Trade (SAFT) wth the Bureau of Agri.
and Fisheries Standards (BAFS) under the D.A. STC gave his
inputs into how to promote the sales and consumption of
organic fruits and vegetables by appointing a credible
certification body (there are now two), making the accreditation
process easier to achieve and by making consumers aware of
organic goods to eventually form the habit of consuming these
regularly and in bigger quantities.
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