Memorandum signed with Sankuru province in DRC
- 10/11/2020
- Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
- Category: Africa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, News
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COLEACP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and action plan with the Province of Sankuru in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as part of its Fit For Market Programmes. The aim is to contribute to capacity building of stakeholders in the province’s horticultural sector to improve the quality and quantity of production, and strengthen access to local, regional and international markets. Priority areas of work, defined in phases, are: Identify actors and horticultural activities at the provincial level: improve… +New: PAFO-COLEACP Innovation Series
- 28/10/2020
- Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
- Category: Africa, News
Innovations and successes of African farmer-led businesses and SMEs PAFO-COLEACP Innovation Series – First online meeting: took place the 19th November 2020. To improve production, processing and trade, it is critical to assess, showcase and upscale existing innovations created or adopted by farmers’ organisations and SMEs. This first session of the Innovation Series has presented successful African cooperatives, SMEs and enterprises on value-added and branded products that can increase opportunities in more lucrative markets. They discussed successful chain models and… +Madagascar CSR and Sustainable Development Initiatives Event
- 21/10/2020
- Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
- Category: Madagascar, News
COLEACP is a partner in Madagascar’s 5th Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development Initiatives Fair, from 22-23 October 2020, which will be on the theme “The world after #COVID: Sustainable Madagascar”. Co-organised by Ur-CSR and BuyYourWay, under the patronage of the Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development and the Groupement des Entreprises de Madagascar, this year the fair will be exclusively #digital. The event is in the French language. For more information on this annual meeting of actors committed and… +The deadline to receive the applications for this tender is Monday October 12th, 2020.
- 08/10/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: News
The deadline to receive the applications for this tender is Monday October 12th, 2020.… +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.… +Pest free areas for production and export of curry leaves in Ghana
- 30/09/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Ghana, News
The Plant Protection and Regulatory Services Directorate of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, in collaboration with COLEACP, organised a workshop in Accra on establishing and maintaining pest free areas for the production and export of curry leaves in Ghana. The workshop brought together officials from the Vegetable Producers and Exporters Association of Ghana (VEPEAG), Ministry of Trade and Industries, Ghana Export Promotion Authority, and the Directorate of Crop Services of the Ministry of Food and Agriculture. Other stakeholders also… +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,… +Training for Africado on HACCP methodology
- 29/09/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Avocados, News, Tanzania
As part of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme, a Kenyan expert provided remote training to Africado, one of the biggest avocado producers in the north of Tanzania. The 5-day training on HACCP methodology, within the Food Safety and Hygiene theme, involved live-streamed sessions as well as regular homework for participants.… +NExT Kenya: coaching Kenyan flower companies on FCM management
- 25/09/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
The Kenya Flower Council, in collaboration with the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK), Fresh Produce Consortium Kenya (FPC-Kenya), Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organisation (KALRO), and COLEACP’s Fit For Market SPS and NExT Kenya programmes have set up a series of regional training/sensitisation forums for all producers across the country, aiming at a common approach across the industry to help drastically reduce interceptions of false codling moth (FCM) on roses exported to… +