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  • Public Consultation Open: Have Your Voice Heard!

    • 03/04/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    COLEAD and the Freshfel Environmental Footprint Initiative invite you to participate in the public consultation for the newly developed shadow Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR) for fruits and vegetables. This initiative aims to standardize a cutting-edge environmental footprint methodology for the fresh produce sector. We’re calling on all stakeholders, especially those with expertise in fruits and vegetables, to submit feedback by April 30, 2024. Your insights are crucial to ensuring that the shadow PEFCR truly reflects the needs and… +
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  • 2024 International Women’s Day: PAFO and COLEAD celebrate women entrepreneurs

    • 08/03/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    Women are the main drivers of the global food production (UNDP) and about a third of all global established businesses are women owned and managed (GEM). At the same time, women spend around three times more time on unpaid care work than men (ILO) – a work that is estimated to account for more than 40 per cent of GDP in some countries (ILO). Women face many other challenges that prevent them from contributing to the economy or reduce their… +
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  • Developing colead’s training offer for local markets

    • 07/03/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
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  • Call for experts in Agricultural Research and Innovation Strategy processes

    • 05/03/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    The DeSIRA-LIFT project, “Leveraging the DeSIRA initiative for agri-food systems transformation”, aims to catalyse the European Union’s DeSIRA programme current and future activities supporting the Development of Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture to enhance its impacts. It was launched in June 2021 with funding from the European Commission (DG INTPA) for a duration of 4 years (June 2021–May 2025). COLEAD is the lead of the second service area (with support from the Natural Resources Institute) working closely with African… +
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  • Informing, raising awareness and inspiring agripreneurs: a seminar on market access in the Caribbean

    • 22/02/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
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    The way in which products are sold and marketed can have a considerable impact on the growth and sustainable development of a business. To penetrate a regional or international market, producers have to compete with producers from all over the world. What’s more, when exporting, certain legal and commercial requirements mean higher operating costs. Hence the need to adopt a diversified market strategy based on an understanding and specific positioning on local, regional and international markets. Through its programmes, COLEAD… +
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  • COLEAD joins the CABI BioProtection portal as an associate

    • 21/02/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    As part of its mission to promote the development of sustainable agriculture, COLEAD has joined the CABI BioProtection portal. As a not-for-profit organisation, COLEAD works to share knowledge and expertise in the agri-food sector in developing countries, particularly in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific regions. This collaboration with CABI underlines a shared commitment to promoting and developing bioprotection on a global scale and to improving sustainable agricultural practices. It is part of a wider collaboration initiated in 2020 between… +
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  • Shared interest foundation – COLEAD: a new partnership for the benefit of coffee-cocoa cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, and Rwanda

    • 21/02/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    The Shared Interest Foundation (SIF), a UK-based charity, is partnering with COLEAD in an initiative aimed at enhancing the operational effectiveness and sustainability of cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda, and Rwanda, which are currently receiving finance from their business arm, Shared Interest Society The project will revolve around (i) a baseline diagnostic phase to identify existing gaps and weaknesses in the current governance and financial frameworks of each cooperative, (ii) a training programme on cooperative governance and management, planning, and… +
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  • COLEAD is participating to the fifth all Africa horticultural congress 2024

    • 16/02/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    During the week of February 25th to March 1st, the COLEAD Research & Innovation Brokerage department attends the  All Africa Horticultural Congress 2024 (AAHC) in Marrakesh in the framework of the FFM + programme. This congress, organised every four years under the International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), is a significant scientific event in African horticulture. By participating, COLEAD aims to foster collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation to support the resilience and growth of Africa’s horticultural sector. During the session… +
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  • (FAO-COLEAD) E-learning training toolkit on plant health legislation

    • 15/02/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    The FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031 highlights the critical role of strengthened national and international integrated One Health systems in achieving global food security and environmental protection, with a particular emphasis on the prevention, early warning, and management of plant pests and diseases. In alignment with this framework, the project aims to develop a comprehensive training toolkit on plant health legislation. This toolkit is designed to enhance knowledge and awareness of plant health legislation’s key components, its vital role in ensuring… +
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  • Benin, Belgium, Kenya… Facilitating inter-university partnerships to bring academic research closer to business needs

    • 15/02/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
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    As part of its ongoing efforts to promote innovation and sustainable development in the agricultural sector, COLEAD regularly strives to play its role as a liaison and catalyst for collaboration between universities and research institutes around the world. The main objective is to facilitate the raising of funds for research, which is essential for the advancement of innovative projects that respond to the sector’s sustainability challenges and opportunities. COLEAD’s Research & Innovation Brokerage department facilitates South-North partnerships between academic institutions… +
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