Sustainable innovation: recent example in Kenya supporting the basil, avocado and mango value chains with the registration of two new biopesticides
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Two new biopesticides have been officially registered by the Kenyan regulatory authority, the Pest Control Products Board (PCPB), for use on 3 minor crops: Eco-Bb (Beauveria bassiana strain R444 2.0×108 cfu/g) to control aphids, whiteflies and thrips on basil. Eco-Bb (Beauveria bassiana strain R444 2.0×108 cfu/g) to control false codling moth (FCM) and fruit flies on mango. Levo 2.4 SL (Oxymatrine 2.4%) for the control of FCM on avocado. These registrations, which are the result of field trials supported by… +From data to knowledge, from knowledge to action: agri-food market information tools and activities delivered in 2024 and planned for 2025
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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The Market Insights department is part of COLEAD’s Facilitating Access to Markets division. Its main objective is to translate qualitative and quantitative data into (i) an in-depth understanding of agri-food markets and (ii) concrete initiatives for the benefit of partners benefiting from COLEAD and its programmes in terms of marketing or sales. To this end, the team facilitates the exchange of information and the establishment of B2B relationships useful to support the decision-making processes. The team is made up of… +Improving the sustainability of production systems by enhancing the teaching skills of experienced trainers. A recent example from Senegal
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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In January 2025, COLEAD organised a training session in Dakar as part of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme. The aim of this initiative was to strengthen the teaching skills of expert trainers to better communicate key messages on hygiene, traceability and safe use of plant protection products to horticultural businesses. As part of a regional capacity-building initiative, this session targeted 16 experts from West and Central Africa who had previously been trained in ‘training and communication techniques’ and… +Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda and Guinea: 3 new local programmes entrusted to COLEAD by the European Union and ENABEL
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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COLEAD manages and implements international and local programmes/projects funded by partners. Since 2015, COLEAD has diversified its financial partnerships by becoming more firmly rooted at local level via national programmes that complement multi-country intra-ACP interventions such as Fit For Market. It is in this context and with this rationale of deepening and increasing COLEAD’s action and impact at ‘country’ level that new programmes have recently been signed with the European Union delegations for the Republic of Côte d’Ivoire and Uganda… +Multi-stakeholder commitment to fair trade in the agri-food chains. Call for an urgent review of the EU’s Unfair Trading Practices (UTP) Directive
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Media coverage of the farmers’ protests in 2023-2024 highlighted the immense challenges facing the agricultural sector. Rising costs, pressure from retailers, mounting debt and the effects of climate change are threatening the viability of farms, affecting not only producers but the entire agri-food supply chain. In particular, these mobilisations call for fair prices and concrete mechanisms to protect farmers from their structurally vulnerable position in the food chain. In this context, and in line with its long-standing advocacy for fairer… +Calculating the environmental footprint of fruit and vegetables: Freshfel calls for action. Professionals and experts of the sector, we’re waiting for your opinion! Consultation until 10 February 2025
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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As part of the Freshfel initiative on the Environmental Footprint, the “Fresh Produce PEFCR” Technical Secretariat (TS) invites all industry representatives to give their opinion on the second version of the FreshProducePEFCR document. This document develops technical rules for calculating the environmental footprint of fruit and vegetables. A consultation open to all stakeholders The second public consultation will run from 13 January to 10 February 2025. The aim of this exercise is to ensure that a variety of perspectives are… +Sustainable energy management: a recent example of post-training support in Sierra Leone
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Last November, COLEAD provided a post-training support in the field of sustainable energy management to WANGU PTY LTD, a fruit and vegetable processing company in Sierra Leone. This intervention, carried out as part of the FFM+ programme, included a Type 1 energy audit according to the ISO 50002:2014 standard. The aim was to optimise the company’s energy consumption and improve its overall operational efficiency. An energy audit for efficiency The audit focused on analysing energy consumption patterns at WANGU’s Masiaka… +Flashback 2006 : To promote self-learning, PIP developed the “Toolbox”. This consists of a computer-based interactive support tool for technical managers to assist them during the implementation of training programmes. It also promotes self-learning for the technical staff themselves.
- 30/01/2025
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(Source : Pip Magazine n°11, April 2007) “In addition, the Toolbox contains databases covering relevant supporting information. The Toolbox was designed as a CD-ROM, with the aim of providing a solution to the problems that face export companies in accessing important information, while at the same time minimising internet connection problems experienced in most ACP countries. The Toolbox comes in the form of two CD-ROMS. Once they are installed on a computer, they provide access to several sources of information,… +Shaping the future: Driving gender parity on EU company boards. The directive on gender balance on company boards officially came into force at the end of 2024.
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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The Gender Balance on Corporate Boards Directive will officially come into force at the end of 2024, marking a landmark step towards achieving gender parity in EU-listed companies. The Directive sets ambitious targets to be met by 30 June 2026: 40% of non-executive director positions and 33% of all board positions must be filled by individuals of the under-represented gender in large or listed companies in the EU. EU Member States had until 28 December 2024 to transpose these requirements… +” Put pen to paper or keyboard to work!!” Compose a poem or a song in preparation for the United Nations International Year of Women Farmers in 2026. Launch of a unique initiative to highlight women farmers as entrepreneurs for a more sustainable world
- 30/01/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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A unique initiative is being launched in the run-up to 2026, which the United Nations has declared the International Year of Women Farmers, with the launch by COLEAD and partners of a global poetry and song competition. The event aims to celebrate the essential role of women farmers in food security, rural development and resilience to climate change. A showcase for creativity and recognition The competition will be held in a spirit of cultural exchange and international recognition. It invites… +