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ISSN 1179-2426

Business

Crop production quality management – new farmer-friendly Standard

Farmers can now improve their farm's overall performance and financial results, as well as increase customer confidence and satisfaction, with a new ISO Standard for implementing an ISO 9001 quality management system (QMS) for crop production. Quality management systems – Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2008 to crop production ISO 22006:2009 can be used with farm operations of any size, growing all types of food, feed, and non-food crops.

'The Standard will give farmers a powerful advantage,' says Richard Cantrill, Convenor of the working group that developed ISO 22006:2009. 'Although the application of a quality management system (QMS) can take some initial added-effort, overall, this is built from existing activities and should not cause excessive paperwork or lack of flexibility. On the other hand, a solid QMS can bring important net benefits, not only to farmers, but to their clients and customers.'

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