A new agroecological certification system seeks to enhance food quality. The system is promoted by the Mesa Agroalimentaria Argentina in collaboration with the Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico del Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA in Spanish). It aims to cover the absence of official parameters to certify the quality of food produced by small producers, who occupy an increasing share of the market.
The protocol, which began to be implemented a week ago in the province of Buenos Aires, is called the Participatory Guarantee System (SPG in Spanish) for Popular Agroecological Certification. It will continue to be applied in those provinces where it is requested by the different entities that bring together producers, mainly those grouped in the Mesa Agroalimentaria Argentina (MAA in Spanish).