Cost-effective management tools for ensuring food quality and safety
| dc.creator | Pilar Santacoloma; Roberto Cuevas;Rural Infrastructure and Agro-Industries Division | |
| dc.date | 2024-08-14T21:15:38Z | |
| dc.date | 2024-08-14T21:15:38Z | |
| dc.date | 2011 | |
| dc.date | 2019-05-30T10:11:12Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-06-27T20:45:19Z | |
| dc.description | The purpose of this manual is to improve and build the capacities of small and medium agro-industrial enterprises in order to guarantee the quality and safety of food products. The approach integrates the different factors that affect the capacity of a business to produce foods to meet market expectations and recognized standards, while maintaining and increasing the profitability and life of the business. Management and technical aspects are integrated through a practical and cost-effective app roach.The manual includes four modules on the following subjects: the use of market information for improving quality management; systems and tools for improving quality and safety management in agro-industry; the application of quality management principles in small and medium agro-industrial enterprises; planning as a tool for improving quality and safety management. The manual contains case studies, exercises and bibliographic references, as well as a trainers’ guide, PowerPoint presentations (on CD-ROM), appendices with further reading, links of interest and a glossary. The manual aims to assist trainers and entrepreneurs wishing to use the material for self-learning. With this manual, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) provides the small and medium agro-industry sector in developing countries with an important tool for improving competitiveness and the capacity to deliver high-quality products to consumers. | |
| dc.format | 372 | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.format | text/html | |
| dc.identifier | https://openknowledge.fao.org/handle/20.500.14283/i2385e | |
| dc.identifier | http://www.fao.org/3/a-i2385e.pdf | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/203474 | |
| dc.language | English | |
| dc.relation | 2224-8471 | |
| dc.rights | FAO | |
| dc.title | Cost-effective management tools for ensuring food quality and safety | |
| dc.title | Cost-effective management tools for ensuring food quality and safety | |
| dc.title | For small and medium agro-industrial enterprises | |
| dc.type | Book (stand-alone) |