PARTICIPATORY GUARANTEE SYSTEMS (PGS) FOR SUSTAINABLE LOCAL FOOD SYSTEMS

Participatory Guarantee Systems (PGS) for Sustainable Local Food Systems

FAO and IFOAM - Organics International promote PGS as an alternative guarantee system that is highly suitable for the development of sustainable local food systems leading to an improvement of the livelihoods of smallholder farmers in terms of income, health, nutrition and social recognition; as well as development of local organic markets for safe food and the empowerment of local communities.

This publication, developed under the project "Small-scale Farmer Inclusion in Organic Agriculture Value Chain Developments through PGS", provides some examples of PGS in Cambodia and Lao PDR.