About Us

About the Africa Observer

In May 2007 GLOBALGAP appointed Dr. Johannes Kern as smallholder ambassador and Africa observer. We are highly grateful to Dr Kern for his contribution to the project and welcome Dr. Stephen Mbithi to the role.

Role of the Observer:
The Observer has a very strong involvement in the GLOBALGAP Fruit and Vegetable Sector Committee. The role is quite different from a classical observer role that is limited to listening and reporting to the host organisation of the observer.

  1. The observer is invited to participate to all meetings during the event
  2. The observer is invited and also requested to participate to discussions and to give contributions and opinions to the discussions
  3. The observer has in the exceptional case of vote decision making no voting right (voting is restricted to)
  4. The observer publishes a report of the sector committee meetings under www.africa-observer.info

About GLOBALGAP

GLOBALGAP is an equal partnership of agricultural producers and retailers which establish certification standards and procedures for Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). For further information at http://www.globalgap.org/.

About DFID

The Department for International Development (DFID) is the part of the UK Government that manages Britain's aid to poor countries and works to get rid of extreme poverty http://www.dfid.gov.uk/.