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Mission & Visions
Our mission
Contribute to society widely by realizing safe, secure, sustainable agriculture through activities as the owner of the ASIAGAP/JGAP certification program.
Our vision
- Carry out fair, sound activities complying with laws, regulations, and social norms.
- Popularize and raise awareness of GAP to realize an ideal state of agriculture, the foundation for maintaining and developing a sound society.
- Work with related organizations in Japan and other countries as a GAP platform, to carry out activities which are beneficial for all institutions.
Message from the President
My name is Hiroshi OGINO. I am the president of the Japan GAP Foundation (JGF).
Thank you very much for visiting the official JGF website.
At JGF, our mission is to contribute widely to society by committing ourselves to realizing sustainable agriculture through management, development, and the operation of two certification programs, ASIAGAP and JGAP.
ASIAGAP and JGAP standards include requirements that farmers need to fulfill concerning not only farm operations for better production process management but also significant issues that should be more seriously addressed by humans than we had previously. Those issues are food safety, environmental protection, labor safety, human rights and welfare.
I want to express my respect and gratitude, once again, to farmers with high aspirations, who have already acquired, or are planning to acquire, the certification. I also extend my heartfelt gratitude to our stakeholders, including our members, for their support of the JGF.
To fulfill our mission, we at JGF carry out fair, sound activities observing laws, regulations, and social norms.
I appreciate your continued support.
Profile
Japan GAP Foundation
Name
Japan GAP Foundation
Office
Floor 4, Nippon Agricultural Research
Institute Bldg. 3-29 Kioicho,
Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0094, Japan
Phone: +81-3-5215-1112 (Business hours:
9:00 to 18:00 on weekdays)
Fax: +81-3-5215-1113
Number of members
271（As of March 29, 2024）(JP)
Founders
List of Founders of the Japan GAP Foundation
Activities
1. Development of ASIAGAP/JGAP
certification programs
2. Management and operation of
ASIAGAP/JGAP
3. Spreading ASIAGAP/JGAP and
carrying out PR activities
Technical Committee
The Technical Committee develops documents related to the management and operation of the ASIAGAP and JGAP certification programs. The chair and members of this committee are selected by the Board of Directors . At present, this committee consists of four subcommittees : Certification subcommittee, Agricultural products subcommittee, Livestock subcommittee, FSA subcommittee.
History
November 2006 | Japan GAP Foundation is established as a specified nonprofit corporation. |
November 2007 | JGAP Third-party certification system is launched |
October 2008 | Basic policy and action targets of Japan GAP Foundation are formulated. |
June 2010 | JGAP Fruits & Vegetables 2010 is issued. |
July 2010 | Operation of JGAP Certified Farm Logo Mark is started. |
July 2013 | English edition of JGAP standards is published. |
July 2014 | The 9th annual general meeting of Japan GAP Foundation as a specified nonprofit corporation passed resolutions to establish the Japan GAP Foundation as an incorporated foundation. |
January 2015 |
Japan GAP Foundation is established as a general incorporated foundation, continuing the operation of the JGAP certification program.
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May 2016 |
JGAP 2016, including Basic and Advanced versions, are issued.
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March 2017 | JGAP Livestock and Livestock Products, the first GAP for livestock, is issued. |
July 2017 | ASIAGAP is issued. Standards are reorganized into two sets of standards, ASIAGAP and JGAP. |
October 2018 |
ASIAGAP (Fruits and Vegetable, Grains, and Tea) acquires GFSI Certification. *GFSI is the Global Food Safety Initiative.
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January 2022 | ASIAGAP achieved benchmarking against the newest GFSI’s benchmarking requirements and continued to be GFSI-recognized scheme. |
November 2022 | JGAP 2022 (agricultural products and livestock) is issued for strengthening sustainability. |
Official PR Materials
Brochures and posters of ASIAGAP/JGAP are available for members, certified farms, and trainers.
*These mterials are available only in Japanese. ( except for Livestock pamphlet )
