SAN audit checklist – Pepper Vietnam
ADDITIONAL* CHECKLIST FOR SAN PEPPER (Piper nigrum) FARM AUDITS IN VIETNAM Compliance Audit element per SAN criterion YES Criterion
2.2 (Critical)
2.2 (Critical)
2.8
NO MNC mnc
Observation NA
Principle 2. ECOSYSTEM CONSERVATION Where is the farm located and when was it established? Did the establishment of the farm contribute to the degradation and/or destruction of NE and/or HVE? (Note, that independently of any official authorization for land clearing – such as under a plantation development plan – the requirements of this critical criterion remain the same and need to be fulfilled for a farm to become certified.) In case dead wood stands are used as climbing support for pepper, what type of wood is used and when and where was it sourced from? (Pepper is an agroforestry crop according to the SAN certification policy.) Is the shade provided by shade trees and living stands sufficient? Does the farm use different tree species and gives preference to native species over exotic species? Does the farm avoid the use of invasive exotic species? Does the farm give preference to the use of life stands over the use of concrete stands or has established improvement plans to do so?
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This checklist focuses on pepper specific issues to be considered in a SAN audit in Vietnam. It is supposed to be used complementary to generic audit checklists that cover most of the SAN Sustainable Agriculture Standard requirements not specific to pepper production in Vietnam. SAN-F-4-1
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