Programme: B 1b Ownership of GlobalGAP certification
The Global GAP certificate of the Wieng Kaen group was initiated and paid by one exporter. Although this seemed to be convenient at the beginning it creates a severe marketing constraint towards exports to the EU, as the one exporter who has the exclusivity to utilize the certificate is not absorbing all production of the group. As the group does not own the certificate it can not utilize it for other market channels. As the group is the only area qualifying towards export to the EU this creates a severe bottleneck
Certification costs are high and are high per unit as the group is also still small. Still GlobalGAP certification should be owned by the group – especially as it is the only group so far qualifying for EU exports.
Partners
Wieng Kaen Pomelo Producer Groups, CMU, Exporters
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