OPPORTUNITIES FOR TQM TRAINING IN ASSOCIATIONS OF ORGANIC PRODUCERS IN REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

Abstract

Organic agricultural production offers safe, healthy and high qual-ity food for all. It’s being produced by certain standards and approved by certificates that are issued by third party (certification body), which assures that organic standards are respected. It’s an approach in which quality addresses all factors that participate in the production of organic food. The organic farming is a way of breeding and processing plants and livestock. The operation is follows one principle which is to create quality in all aspects. This triggered the research on the possibility of applying a managerial method on the creation of the idea that the quality is a liability and responsibility to everyone which is achieved with full commitment and a constant improvement in all aspects of the operation (TQM). The implementation of TQM in the organization of work in associa-tions of producers of organic products will improve the organization in gener-al will achieve higher level of development and maintain itself on the market. The implementation of TQM in the operation of associations of producers of organic products should start by educating their presidency and then pass it on to all members and to change. The purpose of the paper is to explore the possibilities of implementing the training under the principles of TQM in the associations of producers of organic products in the country. Therefore, members of the associations of producers of organic products in Republic of Macedonia were surveyed on a previously prepared questionnaire.