Training for NPPO inspectors: Organisation and implementation of official controls
- 21/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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COLEACP’s online training for National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) tackles both the organisation and the implementation (enforcement) of official sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) controls. Organisation of official controls Participants in this series learn how to design and supervise the implementation of a system of official SPS controls adapted to the requirements of the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC), and particularly relating to the new requirements of the EU plant health legislation that came into force in December 2019. In April… +Import controls on fresh fruit and vegetables in Europe: The example of Belgium
- 21/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
An upcoming online session on key plant health issues affecting National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) and stakeholders in the fruit and vegetable sector of ACP countries will address “How import controls of fresh fruit and vegetables are carried out in Europe – example of Belgium – main implications and challenges”. In this webinar, on 4 May, NPPOs from member states of the East African Community (EAC) and the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) will outline the experiences… +Establishing and updating national lists of regulated pests
- 21/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
COLEACP has been holding a series of e-meetings on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) issues with National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) from ACP countries. The latest meeting, on 15 April, focused on “Establishment and update of regulated pest lists in ACP countries – main implications and challenges”. This interactive session allocated time for the exchange of information and experiences between the speakers, participants and the COLEACP team. A representative from the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) gave a short introduction explaining… +WEST AFRICA: WORKSHOPS FOR THE START OF THE MANGO CAMPAIGN
- 20/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea, Mali, Mangoes
In anticipation of the start of the 2021 mango export campaign in several West African countries – Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Gambia, Guinea and Mali – COLEACP partnered with the competent authorities in each country to organise workshops for discussion and exchange. The workshops took place between the end of March and mid-April, and brought together private sector operators and the competent authorities of each country. Part 1 focused on the mango dossier submitted to the European Union under… +News digest: Brexit
- 20/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, Ireland, Kenya, News, Pacific
Transit procedures from EU to UK – State of play Freshfel Europe, the European Fresh Produce Association, reports that according to the EC’s Directorate-General for Taxation and Customs Union (DG TAXUD), despite the UK being a member of the Common Transit Convention since 1 January 2021, the procedure is still not entirely reliable. The UK is not yet entirely connected to the Customs Decisions System (CDS), as they have to re-join as a third country. This onboarding procedure is still… +IICA and COLEACP promoting entrepreneurship in the Caribbean
- 19/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Caribbean, News
On 8 April the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and COLEACP signed a technical cooperation agreement to work to develop a more sustainable and resilient agriculture sector in the Caribbean region. The agreement was signed during a virtual ceremony by Manuel Otero, Director General of IICA, and Jeremy Knops, General Delegate of COLEACP. Sustainable agriculture, good practices, bioeconomy, trade, food safety and quality, resilience, and the link between agriculture and tourism will be some of the key focus… +Catch up on the PAFO-COLEACP Innovation Series
- 16/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, News
The Innovations Series, co-organised by the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) and COLEACP, showcases innovations and successes of African farmer-led businesses and SMEs. The next online session – the fourth in the series – will focus on “Sustainable food systems: The key role of SMEs and businesses”. Join us on Thursday 20 May, 12:00-14:00 (GMT) – register here. A recording of the third session, “The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA): Opportunities for SMEs and businesses in the agri-food sector”, is… +Zimbabwe: New collaboration with HDC
- 18/03/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
COLEACP collaboration with Zimbabwe Horticultural Development Council A very productive dialogue between COLEACP and Zimbabwe’s Horticultural Development Council (CEO Mrs Linda Nielsen and Chairman Mr Stanley Heri) has led to the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding and action plan. The agreement includes technical and capacity-building support through the Fit For Market programme to promote smallholder development through horticulture and outgrower schemes. HDC Chairman Mr Stanley Heri of the Zimbabwe Export Produce Growers Association, a former Chairman of COLEACP (2004–10),… +News digest: Agri-food markets and production
- 18/03/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Bananas, Benin, Burkina Faso, Caribbean, China, Ethiopia, France, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Mali, News, Pacific, Spain, Tanzania, Zimbabwe
Global Organic farming is still gaining ground Global organic agriculture is progressing in small steps again in 2019, with a 1.6% increase in the global surface area – an additional 1.1 million hectares (ha) – to 72.3 million ha (including land under conversion), with Oceania in the lead, in fact Australia (nearly 50%), followed by Europe (23%) and Latin America (11%) (Commodafrica, 3 March). But compared to the world’s agricultural surface area, the result is still modest (1.5%). The countries… +News digest: Policy
- 18/03/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
Global New Director-General of World Trade Organization Nigerian Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO, took office on 1 March (WTO News, 5 March). Among her first actions were meetings with the Group of Least Developed Countries as well as the Friends of the System, an alliance of small and mid-sized members from different regions and development levels that are committed to a well-functioning multilateral trading system. A top priority will be to… +