• #WorldFoodDay: Agrifood SMEs and businesses contribution to leaving no one behind

    • 16/10/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    The World Food Day 2022 highlights the increasing interlinkages of economies, cultures, and populations with its theme “leave no one behind”. Global health, planet and political challenges call for global solutions that include guaranteeing the access and availability of nutritious food, as well as reducing food losses and waste. These solutions should specifically be designed and adapted to rural populations as they are the most vulnerable to food and climate crises, with 80 % of the extreme poor living in… +
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  • COLEACP celebrates businesses and SMEs empowering rural women

    • 15/10/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    The International Day of Rural Women, celebrated the day before the International World Food Day (on 16 October), acknowledges women’s significant contributions to agriculture food and food safety, as well as the rural economy in all regions of the world. Women represent, on average, 43 percent of the agricultural labour force in developing countries from 20 percent in Latin America to 50 percent in Eastern Asia and sub-Saharan Africa.1 They are a significant entrepreneurial force as owners of farms, input… +
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  • EU and GB MRL changes in 2022 – July – September 2022

    • 07/10/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    Changes to EU and GB pesticide maximum residue levels Following the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU), COLEACP’s monitoring of pesticide regulations now covers MRL changes in both the EU and Great Britan (GB), enabling us to keep COLEACP members and partner-beneficiaries up-to-date. Note that EU MRLs still apply in Northern Ireland (GB covers only England, Scotland and Wales). During the period July-September 2022, we have been highlighting significant changes to EU MRLs that affect 50… +
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  • EU and GB approval changes – July-September 2022

    • 05/10/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    EU and GB approval changes Following the UK departure from the EU, COLEACP’s Regulation Monitoring now covers both EU and GB approval changes, enabling us to keep COLEACP members and partner-beneficiaries up-to-date on both regulatory frameworks. The European Commission (EC) has recently published changes to plant protection product (PPP) approvals within the European Union (EU). These include: – Non-approval as a basic substance of black soap E470a and calcium propionate Great Britain (GB) recently pubished a note concerning their decision… +
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  • COLEACP supports entrepreneurs committed to reducing food loss and waste through innovative solutions

    • 29/09/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    The 2022 International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (#IDAFLW) is a call for all to pursue the efforts in meeting the target 12.3 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for halving per-capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reducing food losses along production and supply chains by 2030. 17% of the total food produced is wasted at the retail, food service and consumption levels.1 In addition, 14% the world’s food production for human… +
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  • BIOFACH 2022: How the training on “Preparing and attending a trade fair” has helped companies to get ready for the fair

    • 12/09/2022
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    BIOFACH has been very fruitful for ACP horticultural companies. Directors and commercial managers were provided with a 2-week-long training programme to be ready to attend the fair. They were very satisfied with the knowledge gained during the training as it greatly helped with their preparation. Participant testimonials: “The trainer helped me to identify the correct potential clients. I am also using the business contact sheet to make a good follow up with the clients I met”. “The training materials is… +
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  • EU and GB MRL changes in 2022

    • 22/07/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN
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    Changes to EU and GB pesticide maximum residue levels Following the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union (EU), COLEACP’s monitoring of pesticide regulations now covers MRL changes in both the EU and Great Britan (GB), enabling us to keep COLEACP members and partner-beneficiaries up-to-date. Note that EU MRLs still apply in Northern Ireland (GB covers only England, Scotland and Wales). During the period April-June 2022, notifications of MRL changes were issued for the following: – flutianil (EU)… +
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  • EU and UK : notification of changes to plant protection product (PPP) approvals – April-June 2022

    • 19/07/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN
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    Following the departure of the UK from the EU, COLEACP’s monitoring of pesticide regulations now covers both EU and GB approval changes, enabling us to keep COLEACP members and partner-beneficiaries up-to-date. The European Commission (EC) has recently issued notification of changes to plant protection product (PPP) approvals within the EU, some of which are important for ACP horticulture. These include: Approval of Beauveria bassiana strain 203 Approval of Spodoptera exigua multicapsid nucleopolyhedrovirus (SeMNPV), isolate BV-0004 as a low-risk substance Renewal… +
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  • New procedure for notifying non-compliances to third countries in TRACES-NT

    • 19/07/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN
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    Some weeks ago, the EU sent out a notice to let third countries know that the system for notifying plant health interceptions (via email) would be replaced with a new system that uses the TRACES-NT platform. It is important to disseminate this information to all the National Plant Protection Organisation (NPPO) officials that are responsible for the follow-up of shipments of plants and plant products to the EU (and any associated interceptions). To access the new system, designated NPPO contact… +
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  • Fit For Market Plus – apply now for programme support

    • 15/07/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, Headline, News
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    In total, close to a 1000 participants attended six regional events and the intra-ACP official launch event for the new FFM + programme. These events were the opportunity to present the rational behind the programme, to detail foreseen activities for stakeholders from the ACP horticultural sector, and to explain how to access support. Funded by the EU and the OACPS (25 Million EUR over a period of 5 years), this new programme aims to mitigate the impacts of Covid-19 by… +
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