Gaia has approximately 500 hectares of crops funded by its own resources, in such a way to insure the required volume and quality to serve its customers. We also rely on some authorized suppliers who follow our management standards and technical specifications.

These crops are located in Linhares (State of Espírito Santo, Brazil) and Ceará Mirim (State of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil) region.

Papaya Tree Life Cycle

 

Click here and follow the Papaya life cycle: from seedling to production

 

 

The Standards we follow

Our work is successful because we accompany each stage and follow the guidances set forth by our staff and by international organizations.

We work on a Good Agricultural Practices Program aimed at normalizing all the production area, including all products marketed under the seal of the EurepGAP protocol. Our purposes are to:

a) Support a Good Agricultural Practices structure in farms defining essential elements for the production of agricultural products intended for human consumption;

b) Define the minimum acceptable standards of Good Agricultural Practices in the crop of such products;

c) Keep the consumer‘s reliance on the fresh products;

d) Reduce the adverse impact caused by the agricultural production on the environment;

e) Obtain the license/certificate from the EuropGAP Fresh Fruits and Vegetables for the Product Marketing Organizations (PMO);

f) Insure that the products under such license are subject to assessments and controls as described in this document, providing the consumer with the appropriate reliance.

The adoption of a Quality Management System (QMS) guided by standard NBR ISO 9001 Ver. 2000 was a strategic decision made by Gaia’s management. The SGQ was developed to:

a) Demonstrate the organization’s capability to coherently supply products conforming to the customer’s requirements and the applicable regulations;

b) Increase the customer satisfaction by actually applying the QMS, including processes for an ongoing improvement of the system itself and the assurance of conformance to the customer’s requirements and the applicable regulations.

Our Policy for Harvest Protection, Rational Use of Fertilizers and Management and Conservation of Natural Resources makes it easier for Gaia to comply with the HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points), a food safety system devised to prevent potential problems from occurring during the operations with food supplies. This is obtained by assessing the inherent hazards assigned to the product or to the process, followed by the determination of the required steps to control the identified hazards.