Administrative Order No. 25 Series of 2005 on the Guidelines for the Certification of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Fruits and Vegetables (FV) Farming.

This Administrative Order establishes the Guidelines for the Certification of Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) for Fruits and Vegetables (FV) Farming. To assure that agricultural farms are adhering to GAP, there is an imperative need to provide specific guidelines in GAP Certification. The Certification of agricultural farms is aimed to attain the following: 1. increase the market access of horticultural products both in the local and foreign markets; 2. empower farmers to respond to the demands of consumers that specific criteria to achieve food safety and quality be met; 3. facilitate farmer adoption of sustainable agricultural practices; 4. uplift GAP-FV farmers profile as member of tile nationally recognized list of vegetable farmers who are setting the benchmark for e production of safe and quality fruits and vegetables; 5. enable consumers exercise the option of buying quality fruits and vegetable from traceable and certified sources. The scope of Guidelines aims at establishing the rules applied by the Department of Agriculture (DA) for granting, maintaining and withdrawing Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Certificate to individual growers or farms in the fresh fruit and vegetable sector or to their Produce Marketing Organizations (PMOs) that market and or trade the produce.