Good agricultural and collection practices

Anon. WHO Guidelines on Good Agricultural and Collection Practices (GACP) for Medicinal Plants. Geneva, Switzerland World Health Organization, 2003. 

Information on good agricultural practices of many important medicinal plant species is either not available or meager. This information is important in view of quality assurance and safety of the products derived from medicinal plant species. The WHO has developed guidelines for good agricultural and collection practices however, there is a need to develop country specific guidelines for such practices. 

World Health Organization. WHO. Monograph on good agricultural and collection practices (GACP) for medicinal plants. WHO, Geneva, Switzerland, 2003 72 pp. 

African scientists must advocate in the use and implementation of good agricultural and collection practices and growers and producers provide traceability and records for the African production of A. annua. Such records provide a detailed description of the cultivation and collection techniques and measures required for a harvest to meet quality requirements 11). 

Details of the source of the plant, such as country and/or region (also state and province, if applicable) of origin, whether it was cultivated or collected from the wild and, where applicable, method of cultivation, dates and conditions of harvesting (e.g. whether there was extreme weather), collection procedures, collection area, and brand, quantity and date of pesticide application, as required by the WHO Guideline on good agricultural and collection practices (7). 

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