NExT Kenya: 131 projects to improve horticultural exports
- 11/10/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN, News
No CommentsSince the operational launch of the NExT Kenya programme, COLEAD has received 188 applications for support. Of these, 131 were transformed into development projects, 40% of which were tailor-made support projects. In Year 4 of NExT Kenya (1 January to 19 September 2023), 36 applications were received and analysed. The vast majority of the programme’s partner-beneficiaries are horticultural micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs; 52% of the memorandums of understanding signed), followed by consultancy firms and certification bodies (31%). Other… +Benin: Recycling waste as part of the pineapple industry’s agroecological transition
- 11/10/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Benin, Corp EN, News
On 13 July 2023, COLEAD led a presentation session on pineapple waste recovery solutions in Allada, Benin, for DEFIA’s partner clusters. The event brought together 14 participants from 12 organisations. The session focused on a mapping of local solutions for recovering production waste and co-products from the fruit and vegetable sectors. The mapping also included an assessment of the volumes and types of co-products/waste generated by each cluster. As a result of this work, the mapping team was able to… +Using digital technology for a pilot project of a Ugandan professional association
- 11/10/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN, News
The avocado sector is developing rapidly in East Africa. There are many opportunities to be seized, but to keep avocado yields high and constant while respecting the environment, sustainable soil management is becoming increasingly crucial. However, there is no single sustainable approach, as soil composition and growing conditions vary considerably from one site to another. To preserve soil fertility, it is essential to adopt practices and recommendations that are adapted to the specific characteristics of the soil, while taking account… +SARA, Fruit Attraction, ANUGA 2023: Facilitating access to regional and international markets
- 11/10/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN, News
Facilitating access to markets for micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in the agri-food sector in low- and middle-income countries is at the heart of COLEAD’s mission: to “implement all actions to increase the contribution of agricultural sectors, and horticultural sectors in particular, to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals”. To this end, COLEAD supports the beneficiary partners of its programmes to (i) comply with public and private regulatory requirements for market access; and (ii) access more market information and business… +OECD-COLEAD: Operational collaboration for the fruit and vegetable industry
- 11/10/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN, News
The OECD and COLEAD are committed to working together to collect and share information about the fruit and vegetable sector. Session n°5 of their online series will focus on Innovations and technologies to reduce food waste and losses and was held on Wednesday 11 October 2023 – 08:00-09:30 UTC/10:00-11:30 CET (English/French interpretation available). The OECD has recently published a report on Developing food labels for improved health outcomes – Insights into simplified nutrition labelling policies to improve the integration and… +AGRINFO Botswana-EU: focus on the meat sector
- 05/10/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN, News
In September, with the support of the Embassy of Botswana in Brussels, COLEAD hosted a webinar to introduce the AGRINFO and Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programmes to invited guests representing the country’s public and private sectors. FFM+ works to strengthen the sustainability of the ACP horticultural sector, and there has been much interest in the recent launch of the programme in Botswana. Several applications for support have already been received from the fruit and vegetable sector. The AGRINFO team… +Kenya: Media training and coaching for the CEOs of three key business membership organisations in the Kenyan horticultural sector
- 03/10/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN
COLEAD recently held a media training session and coaching for CEO’s and communication leads of three business membership organisations such as Kenya Flower Council (KFC); Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK) and Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPCK). This training comes against a background of increased demand for effective communication for stakeholder engagement, nationally, regionally, and globally. Indeed, in the past few years, communication has become a major issue for all the horticulture stakeholders at the national and international… +COLEAD’s support to agrifood stakeholders to reduce food loss and waste
- 29/09/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN
The 2023 International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste (#IDAFLW) is a call for all to reduce food loss and waste (FLW). While 74 kg of food is being wasted on average per person each year worldwide (UNEP, 2021), food production is increasingly being impeded and food security endangered in times of economic, environmental and geopolitical crises. It is estimated that 13 percent of the world’s food production for human consumption is lost (discarded, incinerated or otherwise disposed)… +Democratic Republic of the Congo: Improving COPACO’s training system (1,600,000 Producers)
- 06/09/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN, News
Created in 1998, the Confédération Paysanne du Congo (COPACO-PRP) is a professional organisation comprising 452 local entities: farmers’ associations, production cooperatives, farmers’ groups, cooperative unions, farmers’ federations and farmers’ production and service organisations. COPACO-PRP is a member of the Plateforme Régionale des Organisations Paysannes d’Afrique Centrale (PROPAC) and therefore of PAFO. It has a national office in Kinshasa, 18 provincial coordinators, 130 local grassroots units and 17 extension workers. COPACO represents some 1,600,000 producers (57% men and 43% women) who… +Tanzanian Horticultural companies trained in Food Safety Management
- 05/09/2023
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Corp EN
The Fit for Market Plus programme recently organised a four-day collective training session on “Principles of Food Safety Quality Management System and Traceability” in the Southern Highlands of Tanzania, specifically in Njombe, from the 22 to 25 August 2023. This training aimed to enhance the skill and capacities of the technical and compliance staff of horticultural companies, including farm managers, agronomists, production managers, harvesting managers, processing and packaging managers and quality and traceability managers in Food Safety Quality Management System… +