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  • Market report: Logistics in Suriname and the Caribbean

    • 25/10/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Caribbean, Suriname
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    Through the Fit For Market SPS programme and within the context of the Covid-19 action plan, COLEACP’s Market Intelligence service has been working with the Association of Exporters of Agricultural Products of Suriname (Vereniging van Exporteurs van Agrarische Producten in Suriname, VEAPS), a professional association representing the country’s farmers and exporters of horticultural products. This collaboration is taking place in a context where Suriname’s exports have been suffering from a lack of competitiveness and logistics, constituting a bottleneck to export… +
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  • Resource for NPPOs: Phytosanitary awareness and R-SAT

    • 25/10/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa
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    Dr Chagema Kedera, NExT Kenya Programme Coordinator, presented a webinar organised by CABI on “Phytosanitary Awareness: IPPC contracting parties’ obligations and phytosanitary measures for market access” to over 70 participants. The presentation covers the obligations of contracting parties to the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC); the functions of National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs); International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures (ISPMs); and the IPPC Market Access Guide. You can view the webinar here: The video also explains COLEACP’s Rapid SPS Assessment Tool… +
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  • Suriname: Working with Surivit to develop a social enterprise business

    • 22/10/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Caribbean, Suriname
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    Surivit, a Surinamese company specialising in fruit and cassava processing, produces cassava flour, baby porridge, cassava pancake mixes and cassava flakes both for local use in Suriname and for export markets. Surivit works closely with women’s cooperative Wi! Uma fu Sranan (WUFS – “We the women of Suriname”), an organisation that aims to improve the living standards of female producers. Surivit has the ambition to professionalise as a social enterprise, with the aim of generating a significant positive impact on… +
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  • News Digest: Brexit

    • 30/09/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    Revue de presse : Brexit
    UK: Revised timetable for introducing border controls The UK Government has announced a revised timetable for pre-notification and checks on plants and plant products for imports from the EU to Great Britain. The key points are: Full customs declarations and controls will be introduced on 1 January 2022 as previously announced. Exporters will no longer be able to defer customs declarations after 1 January 2022 unless they are authorised to do so. Safety and security declarations on imports will be… +
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  • Deadline extended: Join the Organic Africa Pavilion at BioFach 2022

    • 20/09/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa
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    Organic Africa Pavilion banner
    There is still a chance for African organic suppliers to take part in the Organic Africa Pavilion at BioFach, which is happening in Nuremberg, Germany from 15 to 18 February 2022. The deadline for applications has been extended to 30 September 2021. How can you take part? You can choose from different levels of service: Full Service Stand – Attend the fair yourself, with a stand in the Pavilion plus marketing package from ProFound (poster, flyers, video). A full range… +
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  • Just published – the European market for fruit and vegetables from ACP countries

    • 20/09/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    The latest market study from COLEACP’s Market Intelligence service is “State of play and opportunities of the European market for fruit and vegetables from ACP countries”. Four years on from our original 2017 report, this new publication provides an update on the evolution of the European market, and development opportunities on this market for fruit and vegetables of ACP origin. You can access the European market study here (in French) and here (in English). If you are a COLEACP member… +
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  • New and upcoming publications from the Market Intelligence service

    • 20/09/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    Just published The latest market study from COLEACP’s Market Intelligence service is “State of play and opportunities of the European market for fruit and vegetables from ACP countries” – more information available here. COLEACP also produces market profiles – targeted studies focusing on specific countries and/or commodities, often at the request of stakeholders. The most recent are: Market profile of processed tomato in Senegal (open access) French English Market profile of mango purée and cut mango pulp from Côte d’Ivoire… +
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  • ECTAD CARIBBEAN: Taro/dasheen exporters seeking markets

    • 20/09/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Caribbean, Dasheen, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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    Do you have a European market for taro? The Eastern Caribbean Trading Agriculture and Development Organisation (ECTAD CARIBBEAN) is a national small farmers’ organisation based in St Vincent and the Grenadines, with connections and networks throughout the Caribbean. Its farmers produce a variety of crops, with taro/dasheen (Colocasia esculenta) being one of the main crops exported; secondary crops include eddoes, ginger and sweet potatoes. The organisation has been marketing taro/dasheen to clients in Europe for over ten years through its… +
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  • Business coaching: SwanCape Farms pushing to the next level

    • 20/09/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Nigeria
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    “I can boldly say it’s the best support I have received towards managing my business.” Dr Agnes Fasehun During June and July 2021, SwanCape Farms, a fast-growing farm-to-door company in Nigeria, participated in business coaching with an Agri-Logic expert, organised and facilitated through the Fit For Market programme. Throughout 2020-21, business training and coaching has formed a key part of COLEACP’s Covid-19 Action Plan. The agri-business coaching focused first on issue resolution – human resources, cashflow and profitability, operations, competition… +
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  • News digest: Agri-food markets and production

    • 20/09/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Apples, Avocados, Bananas, Berries, Caribbean, Cherries, Citrus fruits, Ginger, Mangoes, News, Onions, Pacific, Papayas, Pineapples, Tomatoes, Watermelons
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    AFRICA Réunion Island vanilla gets EU Protected Geographical Indication Vanilla from Réunion Island has just been registered by the European Commission in the register of Protected Geographical Indications (PGI). Its reputation is based on its unique aromatic bouquet, the result of the plant’s perfect acclimatisation on the volcanic slopes of the east of the island and the know-how developed by the people of Reunion. Source: Commodafrica, 30 August 2021 Opportunities for Ethiopian avocados “Ethiopia has huge potential in avocados” says… +
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