Food Quality Magazine
ISSUE 02 | AUTUMN 2014
The Declaration of Abu Dhabi for Global Food
Security through Good Agricultural Practices
from Press Release, GLOBALG.A.P.
On 17 July 2014, GLOBALG.A.P., the
Sustainable Agriculture Initiative
(SAI) Platform and the International
Trade Centre (ITC) are initiating the
‘The Declaration of Abu Dhabi for
Global Food Security through Good
Agricultural Practices’. The Declaration is an invitation to key stakeholders in the global food system to
join a new private-public partnership
initiative.
By bringing together all major market players in the food industry, the
initiative aims to identify, align and
implement practical and viable solutions in response to growing global
food security and safety challenges.
The initiative is an open call for global collaboration to find new approaches that will make it easier, more
cost effective and more attractive for
farmers worldwide to adopt safe and
sustainable production practices.
This will make markets more accessible for farmers, and help them sustain their livelihoods as well as reduce
poverty and malnutrition.
By joining The Declaration of Abu
Dhabi, the partners pledge to develop solutions that will help raise agricultural productivity. It will help ensure food safety and quality, and the
sustainability of natural resources
without compromising biodiversity
and ecosystems. SAI Platform, ITC
and GLOBALG.A.P. strongly support
this initiative and welcome stakeholder participants.
‘SAI Platform was established with
the vision to develop a joint under-
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standing of sustainable agriculture
and hands-on implementation tools
for companies that source agricultural raw materials’, said Dirk Jan de
Wi