Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) is GLOBALG.A.P.’s flagship standard. Applicable to agriculture, floriculture, livestock, and aquaculture in 2021, it was developed in collaboration with stakeholders from across the global supply chain and takes a holistic approach to responsible farming through the key topics of food safety, environmental sustainability, animal welfare, workers’ well-being, production processes, and traceability. IFA is tried, tested, and trusted by over 200,000 producers in more than 130 countries worldwide.
GLOBALG.A.P.’s most widely used standard is the Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) standard, which was available in three versions in 2021 (v5.2, v5.3-GFS, and v5.4-1-GFS).
Share of producers under IFA certification per region in 2021 (all scopes)
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*Latin America – Mexico, Central & South America, and the Caribbean
Total number of producers under IFA certification per option
2020
2021
Note: Producers can have certified products for more than one Option (e.g. Option 1 and Option 2). The total is therefore slightly higher than in the overview by region.
IFA for Crops
The biggest sector under IFA certification is crop production. The crops scope encompasses six sub-scopes: fruit and vegetables, flowers and ornamentals, hops, plant propagation material, combinable crops, and tea.
Covered crops
Noncovered crops
Fruit and vegetables
0
producers under certification
0
countries
140000
hectares of covered crops
4000000
hectares of noncovered crops
+0%
since Dec. 2020
-0
since Dec. 2020
+0%
since Dec. 2020
+0%
since Dec. 2020
Countries with productive area certified to IFA for fruit and vegetables
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Productive area certified to IFA for fruit and vegetables by region
Africa
Asia and Oceania
Europe
2020
18,171 476,162
2021
18,821 494,960
2020
5,893 326,402
2021
9,689 431,793
2020
109,803 1,512,578
2021
113,410 1,650,115
Latin America*
North America
2020
13,743 936,753
2021
12,276 1,019,916
2020
49 442,647
2021
19 449,701
Covered crops Non-covered crops
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*Latin America = Mexico, Central & South America, and the Carribean
IFA for fruit and vegetables: percentage of producers under certification worldwide by size class (hectares)
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Noncovered crops
Covered crops
Certification according to size class and region (IFA for fruit and vegetables)
Highlighted figures show highest percentage per size class.