News digest: Agri-food Systems and Sustainability
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, Country, News, Pacific
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Climate Africa African female farmers clamour to be heard at COP27 At COP27, where heads of state discussed crucial climate-related issues such as loss and damage, mitigation, and adaptation, it was difficult to hear the voices of African female farmers. But a small representation of them could be found at COP27 side events organised by NGOs and climate justice activists. Some of them came in person from countries currently experiencing prolonged droughts or floods, where farming is impossible and women… +DeSIRA-LIFT work on Climate-Smart Agriculture presented at COP27
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, Country, Pacific
COLEACP is the lead of the second service area (SA2) of the European Union’s DeSIRA-LIFT programme, which supports the Development of Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture contributing to sustainable agriculture and food systems. Throughout the project implementation, COLEACP has developed strong relationships with the five partner organisations of CAADP-XP4, especially FARA, to support their work on agricultural innovation systems, including activities related to Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA). To this end, DeSIRA-LIFT SA2 selected Dr Genevesi Ogiogio, Green Economic Advisor to… +NExT Kenya reviews food safety culture
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Kenya, News
In October, the NExT Kenya programme worked with AAA Growers, a Kenyan exporter of fresh fruits and vegetables, to facilitate an expert review of the food safety culture and assess upcoming food safety requirements. AAA Growers hopes to implement a pro-active approach to better understand food fraud, food defence and food safety culture. This will be done through specialist training on each topic and reviewing and updating the current plans and risks/vulnerabilities associated with primary production and post-harvest handling of… +NExT Kenya: training on key GLOBALG.A.P changes
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Kenya, News
On 8 November 2022, the NExT Kenya programme trained 22 staff from horticulture producing and exporting companies on “Key changes on GLOBALG.A.P. IFA v6”. The training had a rich mix of participants, including compliance managers, quality managers, staff managing the quality management system (QMS) and internal auditors (QMS and farm auditors). The training was designed around recent version updates leading to GLOBALG.A.P IFA v6, the final version of which was published on 29 September 2022. The training aimed to update… +Suriname strengthens SPS systems
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: News, Suriname
Following a one-day workshop in Paramaribo on COLEACP’s new Rapid SPS Assessment Tool (R-SAT) in May 2022, COLEACP is supporting via the FFM SPS programme, two key interventions designed to strengthen the national SPS systems of Suriname: Review and update the legislation of Suriname for consistency with the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and provisions for establishing a Parastatal NPPO An expert review of the current plant health law of Suriname has begun, to ensure consistency with the IPPC legislation… +Supporting the agroecological transition of Benin’s pineapple sector
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Benin, News
As part of the project “Support to the agroecological transition of the pineapple sector in Benin”, COLEACP, with the help of a Beninese expert, is evaluating the performance of more than 400 producers and 15 processors with the goal of developing a personalised transition. Specifically, this project aims to carry out a three-step intervention: Prepare and conduct a training session on the theme “Assessment, reduction and recovery of waste from the pineapple sector: identifying and assessing the quantity of waste”… +Launch of FFM+ in Togo
- 20/12/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: News, Togo
On 20 October 2022, in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Rural Development of Togo, COLEACP organized the closing workshop of the “Project to strengthen the phytosanitary control and certification system for fruit and vegetable sector of Togo – STDF/PG/375” funded by the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF). The same event hosted the launch of the new FFM+ programme in Togo. The STDF/PG/375 project ran for 4 years, from 2018 to 2022. The project made it possible… +Three new plant protection products are now available for mango in West Africa
- 05/12/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Corp EN, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
Three new plant protection products (PPPs) have been granted a Provisional Authorization of Sale (APV) with the support of COLEACP’s Fit For Market SPS programme at the 6th Extraordinary Session of the Sahelian Committee for Pesticides (SPC) in October 2022. This means that they will be available to producers for the 2023 season in the nine West African countries covered by the SPC: Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal and Gambia. The products are for use… +COP 27: our future is in the hands of the agricultural and food industry
- 15/11/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
Over the past decades, agriculture has continuously expanded and enhanced its productivity to ensure food security and food safety to the growing global population in an unsustainable way. This has led to the loss of natural ecosystems, declining biodiversity and increasing greenhouse gas emissions1. The global agrifood system, which includes food production, processing, packaging and transport, is responsible for one of the largest shares of greenhouse gas emissions2 and thus is an important contributor to climate change. However, promoting more… +COLEACP attending the 6th African Diaspora Agrofood Forum in Brussels
- 14/11/2022
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, News, Senegal
On Friday, 21 October 2022, COLEACP took part in the 6th African Diaspora Agrofood Forum (ADAF), organised by The Food Bridge vsw and hosted by the Brussels city hall. This annual forum brings African Diaspora entrepreneurs, policymakers and expert in the African agrifood sector together to highlight the latest trends and potentials for growth in the agrifood sector. COLEACP contributed to the organisation of the event through the FFM SPS and FFM+ programmes funded by the European Union within the… +