The Ministry of Agriculture got ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015 international certificates

The Ministry of Agriculture got international certificates of ISO 9001:2015 “Quality Management System” and ISO 14001:2015 “Environmental Management System” in order to improve the agricultural management system based on the principles of quality management, proximity to villagers and farmers, application of innovations in its activities, adapt it to modern challenges.

The certificates were issued to the ministry on the basis of monitoring of the activity of the organization and verification of regulatory standards of management.

The implementation of ISO 9001: 2015 "Quality Management System" provides the basis for studying the problems of farmers, rendering operative response to these problems and supporting farmers on fundamental basis, improving management aimed at increasing their satisfaction. This certificate is also based on the formalization of the agro-development strategy of motor development, which serves the purposes of farmers, analysis and assessment of risks in the agricultural processes, planning, implementation of systematic monitoring and analysis of the results, provision of reporting.

ISO 9001: 2015 certification serves to increase transparency in management, application of modern agricultural innovations and advanced international practices, as well as production, processing of agricultural products on the basis of intensive methods and modern technologies, as well as improving the quality of infrastructure provision of the agricultural sector.

The application of another international certificate got by the ministry - ISO 14001: 2015 "Environmental Management System" includes the system of implementation measures in the direction of conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity, consideration of ecological factors in management, implementation of educational work in this area, determination of ecological effects in agricultural processes, evaluation of the dimensions of these effects and then minimizing these effects.

It should be noted that ISO International Certificates will give an impetus to the planning of the activity, the continuous improvement of the applied experience, the sustainable development of education and training in the agricultural sphere, the improvement of the international cooperation factor, as well as the formation of an effective management system.