EU approval will not be renewed for six key PPPs
- 30/11/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Caribbean, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Mali, Mauritius, Namibia, Nigeria, Pacific, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
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Key points EU approval will not be renewed for six PPPs that are important to ACP horticulture : – thiophanate methyl – mancozeb – imidacloprid – zeta-cypermethrin – haloxyfop-p – pencycuron How will ACP producers/exporters be affected? Non-renewal means that these PPPs can no longer be legally used within EU countries. But it also has an impact on ACP growers – the EU maximum residue levels (MRLs) will be reduced to the limit of determination (LoD), which in most cases means… +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… +EU MRL changes
- 13/11/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Caribbean, Central African Republic, Chad, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Djibouti, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Grenada, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Pacific, Papua New Guinea, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Suriname, Tanzania, Timor-Leste, Togo, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu, Zambia, Zimbabwe
This news provides updates on recent changes to EU maximum residue limits (MRLs) for plant protection products (PPPs). Where an MRL has been lowered, it is important for growers using the PPP to make any necessary adjustments in good time to ensure continued compliance with EU regulations. This may mean adapting production practices (good agricultural practices, GAP) or using alternative control methods. This news also includes a complete list of the MRL changes introduced so far in 2020. If you… +Probest scales up its quality management system to meet GLOBALG.A.P. standard
- 13/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
With support from COLEACP as part of its Fit for Market programme, the technical team of Probest followed intensive training on how to scale up their Quality Management System to meet GLOBALG.A.P. requirements for two additional production sites. Probest is a Zimbabwean company specialising in production of fresh snow peas (mange-tout and sugar snaps) as well as fine beans for the export market, and a variety of fresh vegetables for local markets. Congratulations with this successful capacity building!… +Integrated management for false codling moth control
- 08/10/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Gambia, Ghana, News, Nigeria, Zimbabwe
Virtual training on “Integrated management measures for false codling moth (Thaumatotibia leucotreta) control” is being provided for both private sector (managers of packaging stations/production) and public service (phytosanitary inspectors) through COLEACP’s two Fit For Market programmes. 30 participants from The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria and Zimbabwe are learning more about the new EU Plant Health Regulation regarding FCM; the use of FCM protocols along the value chain, including data-collection forms; the responsibilities of each player along the value chain towards FCM… +Covid-19 E-Coaching session for Aspire Co-operative
- 06/10/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Brassicas, News, Tomatoes, Zimbabwe
Horticultural producer Aspire Cooperative in Zimbabwe enjoyed online coaching on implementing Covid-19 mitigation measures. Thanks to the e-coaching sessions, the director reported having a better understanding of how to handle food more safely in the context of Covid-19, leading to structural improvements in the company’s food safety management system.… +COLEACP and NPPOs share the results of an internal audit system
- 29/09/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Eswatini, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, News, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda, Zimbabwe
A recent e-meeting with NPPOs focused on setting up an internal audit system, supported by COLEACP’s Fit For Market SPS programme. The internal audit system relates to support for the preparation and implementation of dossiers (systemic approaches) submitted to the EU’s DG SANTE, with regard to the requirements of the new EU Plant Health Regulation for control of quarantine pests on certain fruit and vegetables. The meeting was attended by Directors and representatives of NPPOs from many countries including Benin,… +E-workshop on the implementation of an internal audit system
- 24/09/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana, News, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zimbabwe
As part of #COLEACP’s Fit For Market SPS programme, a e-workshop on “Implementation of an internal audit system” was held on 23 September. The virtual session gathered NPPO internal audit managers from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zimbabwe. During the workshop, facilitated by the expert Samuel Muchemi with participation by COLEACP’s Regional Programme Managers, the country representatives shared their experiences and the status of their country’s system, along with challenges and the way forward. Before the workshop, the internal audit… +Survey results: Impacts of COVID-19 on the horticultural sector in Zimbabwe
- 18/09/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
COLEACP’s surveys in the early months of the pandemic aimed to gather first-hand information on the impact of Covid-19 on operators of horticultural businesses, and assess how support from COLEACP and other partners could best be redirected as a response. These were not intended to be systematic surveys – respondents were self-selecting, and the operators taking part varying greatly in size and operation. But the results provide an illuminating qualitative snapshot of the key impacts of Covid-19 to date, and… +