As part of its Fit for Market programme, COLEACP organised training in Ghana for technical and extension staff, to develop their capacity to pass on good practices in hygiene, traceability, crop protection and safe use of pesticides to workers and/or small-scale producers. Trainees were those responsible for production, pest control methods and phytosanitary treatments, as well as quality traceability managers and packaging managers of horticultural companies. Participants built on previous COLEACP training on Crop Protection and Safe Use of Pesticides… +

COLEACP organised a training in Zimbabwe on its Field Training Workshop method. The method, designed in a simple and imaginative way around specific topics, helps trainees understand the good practices they need to employ in production and processing to ensure their produce complies with standards and regulatory requirements. The trainees were mainly technical and extension staff of Zimbabwean horticultural companies. Participants in Field Training Workshops can learn how to sensitize workers and small-scale producers about good hygiene practices, traceability, crop… +

COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme has helped Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited to start exporting sweet potatoes to the Netherlands. The company is a producer and processor of food crops, including sweet potatoes, a developing sector in Ghana. With COLEACP’s support, Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited has put in place a quality management system to ensure a traceable and quality product.… +

Lucy Agricultural Development plc in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has recently received support with COLEACP’s Sustainability Self-Assessment System. As part of its Fit For Market programme, COLEACP coaches beneficiaries the first time they fill out the online system – when they come to update, they will complete it themselves.… +

After the success of the “Hygiene and traceability” training in may, COLEACP organized a 4 days training on “Food safety management”, from 2d to 5th September in #Zimbabwe. This training, rich in sharing and discovery, was a great success both on a human and intellectual level.… +

Another 4-day collective training was organized in #Lagos on “Food Safety Management”. It was addressed to technical staff of Nigerian exporting companies and cooperatives. Participants have gained knowledge on principles and regulations linked to food safety. EU regulations, as well as quality and private standards were introduced. [FORMATION] À Lagos, une formation collective de 4 jours a été organisée en août sur ‘’la gestion de la sécurité sanitaire des aliments’’. Cette formation à l’attention du personnel technique des entreprises et… +