From 18–19 December 2019, various partner states will discuss the topic “transforming the fruit and vegetables value chain in the EAC”. The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation based in Tanzania and composed of six partner states: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The two days are punctuated by discussions, presentations, activities and field visits to discuss together how to transform and improve the fruit and vegetable value chain in East Africa. Agriculture is the… +

From 18–19 December 2019, various partner states will discuss the topic “transforming the fruit and vegetables value chain in the EAC”. The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation based in Tanzania and composed of six partner states: Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. The two days are punctuated by discussions, presentations, activities and field visits to discuss together how to transform and improve the fruit and vegetable value chain in East Africa. Agriculture is the… +

Maxwell is training lead farmers in Field Training Workshops at Nyanga Paprika Exports. Seven lead farmers will train farmer groups under them. The lead farmers have realised that they need to renovate their warehouses and separate agrochemicals from produce.… +

Fachs Field Training Workshop coaching with two outgrowers and two employees – the Director has converted her garage into a training room, and they have already completed two sessions.… +

Coldiron Pbc also benefited from the Field Training Workshops coaching. During practical sessions the company has realised it should change to crop monitoring.… +

Following group training in Zimbabwe on Coleacp ’s Field Training Workshop method, all the companies that took part have been implementing what they learned. Here, Itsheeqi Agro, a company specialising in the production of sweet potatoes and gooseberries for export, conducted a training session under the supervision of the expert trainer. The employees suggested they needed to upgrade the packhouse as the p.… +

Jakana Foods, an ugandan company that amongst others produces organic dried fruits and juices from mango, pineapple, banana and jack fruit, participated in Coleacp’s HACCP training in Uganda and is aiming for certification next year. To implement the HACCP system, the company will get technical assistance through MoU signed with COLEACP.… +

During its mission to Uganda, Coleacp also participated at the elaboration of a national work plan to strengthen the SPS control system in #Uganda, as part of COLEACP’s Fit for Market SPS programme.… +

As part of its Fit For Market programme, Coleacp organised a collective training in Kampala on “Risk assessment with a focus on HACCP principles”. The training aimed to update and strengthen middle managers’ technical skills on the principles of hazard analysis and critical control points (HACCP) and also to train quality and traceability managers in horticultural companies to know, identify and control health risks. Participants have earned the basic principles of risk analysis; the control measures for each stage of… +

Young people played a leading role in protests at #COP25 over the weekend, and on Monday they appeared at the conference to put pressure on negotiators to come up with a plan for reducing greenhouse gases and the impacts of climate breakdown. In ACP countries, young people, although far from Madrid, are making their voices heard – like Uganda (Friday For Future) and Kenya (Climate Strike Kenya) to name a few. Young people worldwide are taking the lead on the… +