• COLEACP’s new training in performance management for horticultural SMEs

    • 18/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Chillies, Kenya, News
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    COLEACP has been providing training in performance management, effective communication and lean management principles for the senior managers of AAA Growers, one of Kenya’s leading exporters of premium and prepared vegetables and the country’s largest commercial grower and exporter of chillies. “For a firm, nothing can give more satisfaction than seeing your customers delighted, which can be due to the satisfaction they derive from the product or the customer service. To achieve this, the issues and concerns of the customers… +
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  • Dominican Republic – webinar 2 co-organised by COLEACP and JAD

    • 18/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Dominican Republic, News
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    In collaboration with the Dominican Agroenterprise Board (Junta Agroempresarial Dominicana, JAD), COLEACP is organising a series of webinars on market access for processed products in the pineapple, mango and avocado sectors. These are part of the CALIFRUP project “Quality enhancement for the development of MSMEs in the processed fruit value chain”, which aims to support the strategy of value chain development and, specifically, to strengthen the processed fruit value chain. The second webinar, on 17 February, focused on regulatory and… +
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  • Kenya – Business skills training for Interveg’s extension staff

    • 14/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    Extension staff of Interveg, Kenya are participating in training on book keeping and cost-benefit calculations. Interveg works with French bean outgrowers, and through this training extension staff will be better equipped to guide these farmers on how to use their land and resources as a business. The training is provided as part of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme. The training will provide Interveg’s extension staff with the necessary background to coach farmers, with practical examples of cost-benefit analysis and record-keeping… +
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  • Nigeria – DANGOTE engaged in progressive training sessions

    • 12/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Nigeria
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    COLEACP’s Field Training Workshop method – training for Dangote Farms At the end of January, COLEACP facilitated training on crop protection, safe use of pesticides and the Field Training Worksohp method for Dangote Farms Limited in Nigeria. The company grows tomatoes with over 5,000 smallholders in the area around Kano, processing the crop into tomato paste for the domestic market. The extension staff who took part in the training are planning to make use of the skills they acquired to… +
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  • Proxifresh Co. Ltd – support for the conservation of processed products and waste recovery

    • 11/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Mauritius, News
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    COLEACP member Proxifresh Co. Ltd in Mauritius is receiving support for the conservation of processed products and waste recovery as part of the Fit for Market programme. The aim is to identify suitable methods to increase the shelf life and stability of processed products, and to propose concrete actions to optimise packaging and processing facilities, as well as ways of recovering waste from its various activities. Proxifresh Ltd specialises in the import, export and distribution of fruit and vegetables under… +
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  • STDF Guinea: increasing the phytosanitary control and certification system

    • 03/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Guinea, News
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    renforcement du système de contrôle et de certification phytosanitaire
    The Steering Committee of the STDF Guinea project was held last week to present the activities carried out in semester 2 and the programme for year 2; and to validate the semester report. In addition to the COPIL members, two Guinean experts, Dr. Traoré and Mr. Bangoura, joined the meeting and contributed greatly to the implementation of our activities during semester 2.… +
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  • Online training for Caribbean NPPOs

    • 03/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Caribbean, News
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    COLEACP is providing training in the Caribbean on Implementation of official controls for inspectors, controllers and technical staff involved in phytosanitary control, inspection and certification activities. This online training for NPPOs will be provided from 1 February until 26 February 2021. Spread over 4 weeks, it requires a daily time commitment of 3–4 hours. It is provided via COLEACP’s online training platform, and will be delivered through web conferencing, quizzes, educational videos and other digital tools. COLEACP’s expert trainers are… +
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  • Ghana: training in cost/benefit analysis for a women’s cooperative of Global Shea Alliance

    • 03/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Ghana
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    As part of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme, training in cost/benefit analysis for micro/small scale producers was organised for the Global Shea Alliance (GSA). The training aimed to build capacity in cost/benefit and cashflow-related calculations for the production of vegetables at producer level, and in how farmers can be assisted to budget for the various activities in the vegetable production cycle. To increase farmers’ level of professionalism, a budgeting and planning exercise has been set up using simple tools that… +
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  • Second session of STDF Cameroon project facilitator training

    • 03/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Cameroon, News, Pepper
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    All this week, in Penja, a second training session is taking place for experts and strategic actors in the pepper value chain. This follow-up session aims to put into practice the technical and training skills acquired during the first session in December 2020. At the end of this training, participants will be able to play the role of trainers and coaches, especially for the training courses planned within the framework of this project. The STDF Cameroon project, led by COLEACP,… +
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  • AVOCADO ASSOCIATION UGANDA develops a three-year strategic plan

    • 02/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Uganda
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    AVOCADO ASSOCIATION UGANDA (formerly HASHAU) has been receiving support from COLEACP to work on their governance structure and guidelines. In addition, board members of AVOCADO ASSOCIATION UGANDA have received coaching to develop a strategic plan for the coming three years (2021-2023), outlining a list of priority services which the association envisions providing to its members. The overall objective is to enable AVOCADO ASSOCIATION UGANDA members to access international and domestic horticultural markets by complying with Good Agricultural Practices, SPS and… +
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