International Finance Corporation2014-12-192014-12-192014-06-10https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20820This Handbook is intended to be a practical guide to help companies in the crop production industry develop and implement an environmental and social management system, which should help to improve overall operations. If a company has existing management systems for quality or health and safety, this Handbook will help to expand them to include environmental and social performance. Sections I and II provide background on environmental and social management systems (ESMS) in the crop production industry. Section III provides step-by-step instructions on how to develop and implement an ESMS. The ESMS Toolkit and Case Studies give tools to help develop and implement the systems described in the Handbook, and presents two case studies on companies in the crop production industry that implemented ESMS. For more publications on IFC Sustainability please visit www.ifc.org/sustainabilitypublications.en-USCC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGOACCIDENTSAGRICULTURAL INPUTSAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIONAGRICULTURAL PRODUCTSAGRICULTURAL RUNOFFAIRAIR EMISSIONSAIR QUALITYANIMALSBLINDNESSCARBONCARBON CONTENTCARBON DIOXIDECARBON MONOXIDECHEMICAL FERTILIZERSCHILD LABORCLAY SOILSCLIMATIC CONDITIONSCLINICSCOCOACOMMUNITY HEALTHCOMPOSTCONSUMER AWARENESSCORNCOST SAVINGSCROPCROP PRODUCTIONCROP WASTECROPSCULTIVATIONCULTIVATION METHODSDEBTDEFORESTATIONDEMOGRAPHICSDIESELDISASTERSDISPLACEMENTDRINKING WATERDRIP IRRIGATIONDRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEMSDRIVINGECONOMIC ACTIVITYECOSYSTEMSEMERGENCY RESPONSEEMISSIONSEMPLOYMENTENVIRONMENTALENVIRONMENTAL HEALTHENVIRONMENTAL ISSUESENVIRONMENTAL POLICIESENVIRONMENTSETHANOLEVACUATION ROUTESEXPENDITURESEXTERNAL INPUTSFARMFARMERSFARMINGFARMSFATALITIESFATIGUEFERTILIZERFIRE SAFETYFIRST AIDFOOD PRODUCTIONFOOD SAFETYFORCED LABORFORESTRYFRACTURESFRUITSFUELFUEL SPILLSFUNGIGRAINGRAIN HANDLINGGRAIN STORAGEGRAINSGRAPESGREENHOUSE GASESGROUNDWATERHARVESTERSHARVESTINGHARVESTING MACHINESHAYHEALTH CAREHECTARES OF LANDHORTICULTUREINCOMEINJURIESINJURYINSPECTIONINSULATIONINSURANCEINVENTORYISOLATIONJOURNEYLABOR LAWSLABOR SUPPLYLATEXLAWSMETHANEMIGRANT LABORERSMINIMUM WAGEMORBIDITYMORTALITYNOISEOCCUPATIONAL HEALTHOCCUPATIONAL INJURIESOILSEEDSORGANIC PRODUCTIONORGANIC WASTESPATHOGENSPEST MANAGEMENTPESTICIDEPLANTATIONSPOLLUTIONPOLLUTION PREVENTIONPOULTRYPOULTRY PRODUCTIONPRODUCEPRODUCERSPRODUCT QUALITYPRODUCTION COSTPRODUCTION COSTSPRODUCTION PROCESSPRODUCTION PROCESSESPRUNINGPUBLIC HEALTHPUBLIC TRANSPORTATIONQUALITY CONTROLQUOTASRADIATIONREFRIGERATIONREPLANTINGRESOURCE USERICERICE CULTIVARSRICE CULTIVATIONRICE FIELDSRISK FACTORSRURAL ROADSSANITATIONSHRUBSSMALL FARMERSSOCIAL ISSUESSOIL DEGRADATIONSOIL EROSIONSOIL PRODUCTIVITYSOIL QUALITYSTREAMSSUGARSUGAR CANESUPPLIERSTILLAGETILLERSTOXIC SUBSTANCESTRAFFIC RULESTRANSPARENCYTRANSPLANTINGTRANSPORTTRANSPORT COSTSTRANSPORTATIONTRANSPORTATION COSTSTRAVEL COSTSTREATMENTTREE PLANTATIONSTREESTRUCKSTRUEVEGETABLE PROCESSINGVEGETABLESVEHICLEVEHICLE TRAFFICVEHICLESVICTIMSWAGESWASTEWASTE MANAGEMENTWATER HARVESTINGWATER SHORTAGESWATER SUPPLYWETLANDSWORKERSWORKING CONDITIONSWORKING HOURSWORKPLACEWOUNDSYOUNG WORKERSHandbook10.1596/20820