Food safety traceability readiness of cabbage and eggplant farmers
Journal Title: Annals of Tropical Research - Year 2024, Vol 46, Issue 1
Abstract
A growing global concern on food safety has much more been emphasized at the time of the pandemic. This includes the internal control system (ICS) for conventional safe farming, which has proven its ability to control pesticide residue within the safe and sustainable maximum limits for cabbage and eggplant compliant with the most stringent regulations implemented globally. Cabbage and eggplant farmers have realized the benefits of safe and sustainable production of cabbage and eggplants. To maintain safe quality food throughout the chain, a system of tracing is of utmost importance. This study proposes a traceability system to ensure that food safety is sustained throughout the value chain in the case of cabbage and eggplant and evaluates farmer readiness in food safety and traceability. In this study, farmer readiness is further described in terms of preparedness, willingness and potential to adopt. Results show that the cabbage and eggplant farmer clusters in Benguet and Quezon were not yet fully prepared in terms of actual practice but have acknowledged the importance of implementing necessary Good Agricultural Practices measures. This exhibits a positive response towards potential adoption of a food safety traceability system. Thus, to further enhance farmers’ readiness, farming consolidation in order to develop a sense of accountability and responsibility to other farmers would serve as “each other’s push” to ensure successful delivery of farmer clusters’ food safety standards.
Authors and Affiliations
Melodee Marciana E. de Castro, Jewel Joana S. Cabardo
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP755420
- DOI https://doi.org/10.32945/atr4617.2024
- Views 37
- Downloads 0
Plant residues, beneficial microbes and integrated phosphorus management for improving hybrid maize (Zea mays L.) growth and total biomass
Phosphorus (P) unavailability and lack of organic matter in calcareous soils in semiarid climates are the major reasons for low crop productivity. This field experiment was conducted at the Agronomy Research Farm of The...
Preliminary assessment of selected physico-chemical properties of peat water in relation to land use conversion in Leyte Sab-a Basin Peatland, Philippines
Tropical peatlands are unique wetland ecosystems that provide various ecosystem services such as carbon and water storage. However, these ecosystems have been significantly altered by anthropogenic activities. In this st...
Air pollution tolerance index of selected tree species in urbanized areas of Butuan City, Philippines
Assessing the sensitivity or tolerance of plants to air pollution is a valuable method to address the issue of air pollution in a locality. The aim of this study was to examine the Air Pollution Tolerance Index (APTI) of...
Social impacts of coconet enterprise on smallholder coconut farming family: The case of Panaon Island Farmers Federation Inc. in the Philippines
This study looked into the social impacts of the cocotwine-coconet-making enterprise of the Panaon Island Farmers Federation, Inc. The study followed the constructivist research approach. Results showed that the enterpri...
Screening and selection of drought-tolerant rainfed lowland rice seedlings based on early seedling vigor under Polyethylene Glycol-Induced Stress
A field-based drought tolerance screening is time- consuming and labor-intensive. Polyethylene Glycol (PEG) offers a simple laboratory-based method to simulate drought stress efficiently. This study was conducted to iden...