Virtual meeting between FPC KENYA and COLEACP market access and food security activities
- 12/06/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
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Virtual meeting between the Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPC KENYA) team, including FPC’s CEO Mr. Okisegere Ojepat and the COLEACP team as part of COLEACP’s COVID-19 measures to ensure market access and food security activities. We introduced two new services – for linking local and regional producers and buyers, and for external logistics services – in the framework of #COLEACP’s development programmes.… +Outcome of the UK Global Tariff Consultation
- 12/06/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
Background In February 2020, the UK Department for International Trade launched an online consultation process to inform the UK’s future most favoured nation (MFN) tariff schedule (i.e. UK Global Tariff, UKGT) following the effective UK’s withdrawal from the EU customs union and single market. The UKGT will be effective as from 1st January 2021. There was an intense debate in the UKGT regime between free market liberalises and trade policy pragmatists, with a specific emphasis on the zero production-zero tariff … +Implementing an internal audit system
- 03/06/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Sierra Leone
COLEACP’s digital training on the identification and management of false codling moth began in Sierra Leone in late June 2020, for participants from both the public sector (NPPO inspectors) and private sector (horticultural producers and exporters). In the first virtual meeting, trainer Mr Samuel Muchemi explained the digital training, and participants introduced themselves and asked questions.… +West African mango blockchain – Making supply chains more resilient
- 25/05/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Côte d'Ivoire, Mangoes, News
COLEACP has been working with Société Internationale d’Importation (SIIM) and Belgian start-up BlockO to develop MangoBlockchain, currently in beta version – a tool that is especially relevant in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, where the resilience of supply chains depends on trust and transparency (Commodafrica, 19 May). A first for the region, MangoBlockchain will contribute to the professionalisation of the West African mango sector, which in recent years has experienced too many interceptions on arrival on the European market.… +Enhancing kenyan horticultural exports: COLEACP’s new EU programme
- 15/05/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Kenya, News
COLEACP’s new Nairobi-based programme, signed on 30 April, aims to increase the resilience, inclusiveness and sustainability of Kenyan horticultural value chains. The four-year, €5 million programme financed by the European Union through the EU delegation in Kenya, will aim to secure a lasting improvement in the capacity of all stakeholders in the Kenyan horticultural sector to adapt to evolving sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS), commercial, social and environmental requirements on local, regional and international markets. Implemented by a programme management unit… +B2B networking in the Pacific region
- 14/05/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Fiji, News, Pacific
At the Joint ACP-EU Private Sector Development Information, Knowledge Sharing and Networking event for the Pacific region in December, COLEACP participated in a B2B session for Fijian producers and export companies. The event, organised with the technical support of the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat and the Pacific Islands Private Sector Organisation (PIPSO), brings together the implementation agencies of ACP/EU financing facilities and private sector development programmes on one hand, and ACP private sector stakeholders on the other. … +Workshop on strengthening training services
- 07/05/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
Through de means of videoconferencing, Zimbabwe Farmers Union participated successfully to a Workshop on strengthening training services for their members.… +Important information regarding non-renewal of plant protection product approvals
- 05/05/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
This news info provides an on regulatory changes concerning plant protection products The European Commission (EC) has recently issued notifications of the non-renewal of approval under EU regulations of 4 key plant protection products: thiacloprid, beta-cyfluthrin, fenamiphos and mancozeb. MRL CHANGES FOLLOWING NON-RENEWAL OF THESE ACTIVE SUBSTANCES Following non-renewal of EU authorizations, the maximum residue levels (MRLs) are generally lowered to the limit of determination (LOD): 0.01 mg/kg. In most cases this will mean that these substances can no longer… +Desert Locust situation
- 05/05/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, News
As we all focus on COVID-19, it’s important not to lose sight of other critical issues facing the sector. Of particular concern is the locust crisis in Africa; the forecast is worrying and FAO warns that the impact on food security in the next few months could be devastating. According to the FAO Locust Watch update, the situation in the Horn of Africa remains extremely serious. In Kenya, a new generation of locusts is developing. More eggs will hatch and… +First digital training in Ghana
- 24/04/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana, News
Due to COVID-19, we have moved forward to digital training. Coleacp trainers SARPONG Mark and ADDY Kenneth introduced the first digital training in Ghana, on integrated management for fruit fly control for fresh export technical managers. Trainees followed online courses and did exercises to put their knowledge into practice. Discussions on Zoom platform about each topic enabled a Q/A session and interaction among participants; Trainees reinforced their knowledge on recognizing #mango damage and completing phytosanitary certificates. Both trainers and trainees… +