COLEACP: A viable alternative to EUREPGAP and more inclusive of smallholders?

This article argues that EUREPGAP regulations for flower growing is excluding many smallholders from participating in value chains that offer a route to modern markets and significant development potential. It argues that COLEACP (Committee for Liaison bettern Europe, Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific) provides an alternative bottom-up initative to EUREPGAP. It is valuable in that it takes into account the specificities of flower production in developing countries and holds the exporter responsible for helping farmers comply with standards. This way, they are less onerous for, and exclusive of, small farmers.

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