This paper examines the incentives and disincentives for the adoption of Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) by farmers and by downstream handlers of farm outputs in developing countries. GAPs cover a diverse set of objectives and have been developed by a wide array of interest groups from private supply chain-driven systems tied to individual retailers, and industry-wide systems driven by retailer or producer associations, to programmes developed within national policy frameworks or promoted by international agencies | F A O G A P W O R K I N G P A P E R S E R I E S 3 Incentives for the adoption of Good Agricultural Practices Background paper for the FAO Expert Consultation on a Good Agricultural Practice approach Rome Italy 10-12 November 2003 F A O G A P W O R K I N G P A P E R S E R I E S 3 Incentives for the adoption of Good Agricultural Practices Background paper for the FAO Expert Consultation on a Good Agricultural Practice approach Rome Italy 10-12 November 2003 Written by Jill Hobbs Associate Professor Department of Agricultural Economics University of Saskatchewan Canada FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Rome 2007 Cover photo FAO 19174 M. Marzot Copies of FAO publications can be requested from SALES AND MARKETING GROUP Information Division Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Viale delle Terme di Caracalla 00153 Rome Italy E-mail publications-sales@ Fax 39 06 57053360 Web site http .
