THE APPLICATIONS OF GOOD FARMING

When it is said good farming applications;we must remember an agriculture production that is done controlled without giving harm to the environment,people and animal health and a chain of process which is reached to the consumer by certificating the product at the end of the production. 

POINTS THAT COMPREHEND GOOD FARMING APPLICATIONS

1.Precautions about food safety

2.Precautions about environment and soil protection

3.Precautions about the health,safety and comfort of the producers and agricultural worker composes good farming applications. 

WHAT DOES GOOD FARMING BENEFIT? AND WHO DOES İT BENEFIT TO ? 

-We conserve the soil and the environment we live with Good Farming Applications.We must not forget that it is our duty to leave an unpolluted environment and soil to the coming generation.

-The producer who does Good Farming is companian of a healthy life.He/She protects both the workers or his/her own life and the consumers health with the reliable agriculture products that he/she offers.

-Good farming products improve the public’s conscious of living healthy life and making healthy consumption.When this conscious improves,good farming products will be demanded more.With the increasing demand together, competitive power will get bigger in the market.

-The price of the product is as important as the reliability of the product in the outside market.Good farming applications provide an easy export in the outside market because it improves the reliability and quality of the product.

-The producer starts to earn more profit by courtesy of competitive power and marketing opportunities improvement.

-Good farming applications provide a recovery in the employee benefits of the workers who are working in agriculture. 

TO WHICH PRODUCTS AND WHEN İS THE GOOD FARMING CERTIFICATE GİVEN?

Good farming certificate is given to the producers who make agricultural production and to the ones who make an application for this certificate to the control and certification institutions to which the authority is given to work by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs. The production process of the producers who applies is inspected by these institutions and "Good Farming Certificate"is given to the product/products which is/are understood to be produced according to the good farming applications criterias . 

"Good farming applications control and certification operations are done by the institutions who are given working authority by  Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs." 

 Traceability and recordation:The system of good farming applications is about traceability of the product from the farm to the table.So the producers must record all applications that they have done and the product must be traced till it is consumed.

In good farming applications the farmers must protect the record by taking into record the works that they have done in all stages of production because internal control will be done every year.

In the new applications all information about the past years before the investigation date must be under record. 

"All agricultural activities that is done must be under recoerd by the farmer." 

Control and certification process:The control and certification processes are done by the authorities that are given working authority by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.

Authorized institutions check if the application activities start from the first stage of the production to the harvest and market are done according to the good farming application criterias or not.

Control;It determines if the agricultural activities are done according to the good farming application criterias or not, takes records orderly by taking under observation the process of production and checks the quality of the product w,th labrotory analysis if it is seen necessary.

Certification;It is the certificationof the product which is understood to be produced according to the good farming application criterias at the end of the controls that is done . 

HOW ARE GOOD FARMING APPLICATIONS DONE?

Dear producers;

Good Farming Applications is quite important in terms of both quality and fruitful production and reliable food consumption.With Good Farming Applications the profit and competitive power of the producers and also the health of the consumers will be protected. 

FIRST DECIDE!

Good Farming Applications involves all stages of production and market starts from soil to the table.Before you decide,the product that is grown and the agricultural activities in the production area must be known,the people’s health and the effects to the environment must be evaluated and these areas must not be used in good farming applications if there are risks which can not be taken under control. 

MAKE A RISK EVALUTION ON THE STAGE OF DECISION

Producers must make an evalution of the risks before they decide production.Evalution of risk must be done by keeping in mind the earth type,erasion,base water level,and quality,the existence of sustainable water source,the field’S first usage,the existence of parasiteand the other spongers and the effect to the nearest fields.Shift of crops must be done in order to protect the health of the soil,to decrease the dependence to the agriculture drugs and to have a maximum level plant health.

APPLY TO THE AUTHORİZED INSTITUTIONS BEFORE PRODUCTION

After you decide to make Good Farming ,the first thing you are going to do in order to fulfil the necessary procedure is to make the production process to be taken under record by applying to the authorized institutions about Good Farming Applications. 

TRACEABILITY AND RECORDATION IS NECESSARY FOR CERTIFICATING THE PRODUCT

All processes that are done at the time of production must be taken under record by the farmers and they must be kept hidden fort he controls that will be done.In these records, information like the type of the product,the geographical area that the product in,the time of muck application,the reason of application,technical permission,the name and the quantity of the chemical that is used,application object,the name of the operator and how many days after the application date it is going to be made harvest,watering time,quality and quantity must be involved. 

THE POINTS THAT MUST BE MİNDED AT THE PRODUCTION

-The techniques that will protect the soil’s physical structure and decrease erasion in the cultivation of the soil must be used.

-The techniques that are chosen must be enduring against illnesses,virus,bee and pests.

-Certificated embryo,seedling and spling must be used