850 new learners per month registered on the COLEAD e-learning platform
- 11/04/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
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Since the start of the year, around 850 new learners register monthly on the COLEAD e-learning platform (mainly via FFM+ programme). This vocational training platform (training.colead.link) is one of the online resources developed by COLEAD. To date, close to 20,000 users are registered on the platform, out of which 72.6% are based in member countries of the OACPS. Additionally, 75 of the 78 ACP countries are represented. Madagascar is the top user country with 1563 learners, due in part to… +Health For All: the key role of agrifood MSMES and businesses
- 07/04/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: ACP EN, News
The 75th anniversary of the International Health Day acknowledges the achievements made towards improving public health and calls for further efforts in ensuring Health for All. According to the World Health Organization, nutrition and food safety are fundamental to a healthy diet, which is essential for good overall health, well-being, optimal growth and development, and a protection against all forms of malnutrition. Within this context, the agricultural and agrifood sectors are key to promoting healthy diets and contributing to the… +PAFO-COLEAD Innovation Series Session n°12
- 20/03/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: ACP EN
Four inspiring African entrepreneurs presented the range of skills that they have developed to build successful and sustainable agribusinesses in Africa during the 12th Innovations Session, organised by the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) and COLEAD on 15 February 2023. The online session was attended by over 215 participants from Africa, the Caribbean region and Europe. The recordings of the session are available in English, French and Portuguese on COLEAD’s YouTube channel. Link to programme : English; French; Portuguese. Link to… +IICA-COLEAD Caribbean Agrifood Business Session n°8
- 20/03/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: ACP EN
Four inspiring Caribbean women entrepreneurs presented on their successes as businesses operating in the agrifood sector of the Caribbean in the Caribbean during the 8th session of the Caribbean Agrifood Business Series organised by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and the COLEAD on 23 February 2023. The online session was attended by around 200 participants from the Caribbean region, Africa and Europe. The recordings of the session will be available in English, French, Spanish and Portuguese on… +International women’s rights day 2023 – Celebrate women in the agrifood sector!
- 08/03/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: ACP EN
Women are essential contributors to agriculture and the rural economy, as labour and production workers, as drivers of innovations and entrepreneurs, and as owners of farms, input supply stores, service delivery businesses and export firms. About a third of all global established businesses are women owned and managed (GEM. Women’s Entrepreneurship 2020/21: Thriving Through Crisis), while women are the main drivers of global food production (UNDP. Gender And Climate Change – Gender, climate change and food security). Empowering women entrepreneurship… +Change of maximum residue limits (MRLs) from the CODEX ALIMENTARIUS
- 27/02/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
A review of key Codex MRL changes in 2021-2022 Every year, the use of many plant protection products is affected by changes to permitted Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs). As a result of COVID, the 2020 review of MRLs by the CODEX committee on pesticide residue did not take place. In 2021, MRLs were changed for 68 active substances and recently published in the CODEX Pesticide MRL database. These changes often have a direct impact on producers who may need to… +AGRINFO – Launch of a new global agri-food information programme
- 24/02/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
Brussels, 31 January 2023: The AGRINFO programme launch was attended by 119 participants including Embassy representatives from 45 countries worldwide, alongside EU Commission Services and industry associations. Following an introduction to the programme’s evolution and its new information platform and dissemination tools, those attending were able to meet and catch up with colleagues and friends. The AGRINFO programme, funded by the EU and implemented by COLEAD, is designed to keep low- and middle-income countries up-to-date on new EU policies, regulations… +COLEAD member spotlight: Eosta, more than organic
- 24/02/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
Eosta is an international distributor of fresh organic and fair fruits and vegetables, with a focus on overseas fruit and greenhouse crops. The company operates worldwide, maintaining a close working relationship with more than 1,000 growers. Food transparency is at the heart of Eosta’s ethos. The company’s ‘trace & tell’ system, Nature & More, provides consumers with transparency about organic products. In late 2016, Eosta, through Nature & More, introduced the application of a ‘natural branding’ laser technique to mark… +Become informed, trained and assessed and make progress with COLEAD’s resources
- 24/02/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
COLEAD is a network of businesses, professional associations and experts committed to inclusive and sustainable agriculture. As a non-profit private sector organisation, our mission is to facilitate and implement action to increase the contribution of the agricultural sector to the undertaking of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). To achieve this, COLEAD provides you with access to tools and means of action that have been consolidated over the past 20 years in the implementation of development programmes funded mainly by the… +Over 400 companies have used the COLEAD Sustainability Self-Assessment System
- 24/02/2023
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: ACP EN, News
The Sustainability Self-Assessment System (SAS) is a tool designed to facilitate, monitor and evidence the adoption of good practice that will enable producers and MSMEs become more sustainable, competitive and resilient. The SAS is one of the three pillars of the COLEAD sustainability approach, along with the Sustainability Charter and training system. The SAS has four key objectives: To provide a framework for continuous improvement in the application of sustainability good practice, with a particular focus on practices where there… +