The Disease Prevention Protocol (DPP) Foundation is a non-profit organization

  • We establish hygiene standards for disease prevention that are applicable across the varying production strategies in use by the industry.

  • We are an industry-led initiative that provides transparency through independent external auditing and certification.
  • We provide a platform for collaboration on hygiene management production practices.
  • And we seek involvement by all vegetable seed companies and producers committed to continuous improvement of seed production hygiene management.

Our Vision

To harmonize and continuously improve industry disease prevention and hygiene standards in vegetable seed production.​

Our mission

To provide a secure, transparent and industry driven vegetable seed production hygiene accreditation system with focus on seed transmittable disease prevention.

Our values

Our values guide how we interact, make decisions, and pursue meaningful impact in the industry:

Integrity

honesty, ethics, transparency and trust.

Continuous improvement and innovation

progress, creativity, and future-proof.

Collaboration

partnerships, teamwork, engagement and dialogue.

Value

quality, efficiency, result-orientated and customer satisfaction.