
Thailand’s agricultural sector applies Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), as defined by The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), at every step in production of agricultural products to ensure that everyone in the country can eat safe and healthy rice.
GAP standard is a good agricultural practice for selecting fresh water and suitable harvesting areas, assessment of hazardous substances, crop storage and delivery, controlling crop pests, formulating effective rice production processes, and harvesting and post-harvesting handling of agricultural products.