Zimbabwean horticultural companies reinforcing skills on internal auditing
- 10/12/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
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COLEACP organised group training on internal auditing in Harare from 8-10 December 2020. Food safety, quality and traceability managers of Zimbabwean horticultural companies worked on their internal auditing techniques and practices. Conducting regular and professional internal audits greatly contributes to the maintenance and continuous improvement of any quality management system. After the group training, all participants will return to their respective companies to carry out a practical exercise on internal auditing, adapted to the quality management system implemented in their… +Farm Fare Feeds’ action plan to reach GLOBALG.A.P. compliance
- 10/12/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
Assisted by a COLEACP expert, Farm Fare Feeds has developed a detailed action plan to achieve GLOBALG.A.P. certification. As a first step, the technical team of Farm Fare Feeds followed intensive training on how to implement and successfully manage a quality management system that meets GLOBALG.A.P. requirements.… +Capacity building – setting up a documented food safety management system
- 09/12/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Nigeria
Over recent months, COLEACP has been piloting a remote training approach to provide capacity building for Nigerian consultants on setting up and managing a documented food safety management system that is compliant with international food safety standards, in this case with a practical focus on GLOBALG.A.P. option 1 for operators in the fruit and vegetables sector (V.5.2). The training uses a combination of asynchronous remote learning via COLEACP’s existing e-learning modules, combined with specific synchronous training sessions to dive deeper… +Kenya Airways launches direct cargo flights from Mombasa
- 04/12/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
On 26 November Kenya Airways launched direct cargo flights from Mombasa to various destinations around the world (Business Today, 26 November). The maiden flight, from Moi International Airport in Mombasa to Sharjah International Airport in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), marked the first direct cargo flight from outside Kenya Airways’ cargo hub at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport. KQ Cargo will initially run one weekly flight from Mombasa, ferrying mostly fish and seafood to UAE, and will gradually increase frequencies and… +Support to ESSA Working Group on the development of new training courses on SPS issues
- 02/12/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Madagascar, News
As part of its Fit For Market Programme, COLEACP is supporting Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques (ESSA) in the development of new modules or training courses on SPS themes. The aim of this support is to assist the working group set up at ESSA in its deliberations on the integration of specific modules on “sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)” issues into the training of students, either by adapting existing courses or by developing a new training offer. ESSA is the only… +The Dual Vocational Training Business Summit – COLEACP’s contribution on digitalisation
- 01/12/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Nigeria
The Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria (AHK Nigeria), in collaboration with GIZ and Don Bosco, held its second Dual Vocational Training Business Summit and Skills Conference in early December. The first summit in 2019 hosted around 150 business and political representatives. The objective of the 2020 Skills Summit was to continue and deepen the discussion through a focus on the agriculture and health sectors. In the context of the challenges faced during the coronavirus crisis, it also… +Validation workshop on phytosanitary legislation in Guinea
- 30/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Guinea, News
A workshop in Coyah brought together several of Guinea’s ministries (Justice, Health, Agriculture, and Trade) to validate new legislation governing official control, inspection and phytosanitary certification, in line with the international phytosanitary standards signed and ratified by Guinea. The workshop was supported by the #STDF Guinea programme, implemented by COLEACP, which is working to strengthen the country’s SPS control and certification system.… +Training in vegetable production (including post-harvest) for a women’s cooperative of Global Shea Alliance
- 26/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana, News, Shea
As part of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme, training in vegetable production was organised for the Global Shea Alliance (GSA). The objective was to strengthen the participants’ technical skills on crop seasonality – what can be produced between October and April (shea off-season), good agricultural practices, crop protection, integrated pest management (IPM), safe use of pesticides, and post-harvest practices. Participants showed great interest and the training was highly appreciated. The next step, which is training on hygiene and food safety,… +Aspire Cooperative re-evaluates its business plan in response to Covid-19 challenges
- 24/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
After participating in the Business Survival Bootcamp organised by COLEACP in cooperation with the African Management Institute, Aspire Cooperative in Zimbabwe received individual e-coaching from a COLEACP business expert on strategic planning and cost management, to assist in planning and coping with the challenges resulting from the microeconomic consequences of the pandemic. Aspire Cooperative produces vegetable seedlings, rape, cabbages, watermelons, tomatoes and sweet potatoes, and is now venturing into passion fruit production.… +Technical team of Zimbabwe Farmers Union reinforcing training capacity on Crop Protection and Safe Use of Pesticides
- 18/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
ZFU is the largest farmers’ organization in Zimbabwe in terms of number of members, representing over a million farming households. The technical team of ZFU, including capacity building managers and provincial managers, is following a training series to strengthen their technical and teaching skills to keep their member farmers up to date with the latest knowhow to enhance quality and productivity. This first training handled Crop Protection and Safe Use of Pesticides, which improved their background knowledge about identification of… +