Sustainable Potato Production - Guidelines for - FAO.org

20SUSTAINABLEPOTATOPRODUCTIONThe cost of GAPsWith most GAP applications,production costs are lower,losses reduced, and use of inputsrationalized as a bettermanagement system is put inplace. The cost of private GAPstandard certification (e.g. forGlobalGAP or Tesco Nature’sChoice) may be higher owing tostricter requirements. However,this does not necessarily have tobe the case with adoption ofgood practices per se. Generally,there is no higher cost to theconsumer – that is why retailersand commercial farming arerapidly adopting GAPs. Whereadoption of GAPs entailsadditional costs, the benefits ineconomic, social orenvironmental terms are usuallyhigher.SORTING OF POTATO IN INDIA.(PHOTO: RINI MAJUMDAR)