Food Safety Advocacy Program for Small-Scale Vegetable ProductionStudy on Sustainability of Participatory Guarantee System (PGS)

The study focuses on suitability of the PGS structure and organization for Vietnam where smallholder farmers account for 80 percent of agricultural producers. The manner of PGS organization is suitable for the conditions of production in Vietnam. During the production process under PGS, the farming households have been provided production knowledge, inspection skill and continuously strengthened capacity to operationalize PGS as quality control system for vegetable production