• Uganda: Updated Technical Brochure on false codling moth

    • 15/12/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Capsicum, News, Pepper, Uganda
    No Comments
    COLEACP has just updated its Technical Brochure on the management of false codling moth (FCM, Thaumatotibia leucotreta), for use in training sessions with Ugandan growers of pepper (Capsicum spp.). The main enhancement is an updated table of plant protection products (PPPs) potentially effective against FCM that are currently registered for use in Uganda (2021). The information includes the active ingredients and concentrations, the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) mode of action classification, the World Health Organization (WHO) classification, and the… +
    read more

  • New EU measures impacting aubergines (eggplant), Capsicum and yardlong beans

    • 10/12/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Capsicum, Eggplant, News
    No Comments
    ​In November, the EU Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed approved amendments to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/1793. As a reminder, this is the regulation on the temporary increase of official controls and emergency measures at EU border control posts where there is a food safety risk or evidence of widespread serious non-compliance with EU legislation. All of the new amendments are due to the detection of pesticide residues. The new measures are specified in a draft Regulation and… +
    read more

  • Understanding the new EU Organic Regulation

    • 24/06/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Apples, Avocados, Bananas, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Capsicum, Cassava, Chillies, Côte d'Ivoire, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, Ethnic vegetables, French beans, Ginger, Guinea, Lettuces, Madagascar, Mali, Mangoes, Mangosteens, News, Okra, Onions, Papayas, Passion fruit, Pears, Pepper, Plantains, Rwanda, Senegal, Shallots, Spinach, Sweet potatoes, Togo, Tomatoes
    No Comments
    COLEACP organised an online workshop on 15 June to present the changes and potential impacts of the new European Union (EU) Organic Regulation 2018/848, which will enter into force in January 2022. The workshop brought together 80 participants, COLEACP partners involved in the production and export of organic fruit and vegetables. They were given a presentation by Michel Reynaud, Board Member of IFOAM Organics Europe and Vice President of Ecocert, who reviewed the main changes of the new regulation that… +
    read more

  • Setting up an internal audit system

    • 27/05/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Burkina Faso, Capsicum, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal
    No Comments
    This new training series, “Setting up an internal audit system at the level of National Plant Protection Organisations”, has just been launched in French with participation of the NPPOs of six countries: Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali and Senegal. This online training is taking place over seven weeks in May and June, and a repeat session will be offered in August. The course materials are currently being translated, and a training series for NPPOs in English-speaking countries will… +
    read more

  • Finding alternatives to control priority pests and diseases

    • 17/02/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Avocados, Capsicum, Caribbean, Kenya, Mangoes, News, Pacific
    No Comments
    mango_picture
    Research & Innovation activities at COLEACP aim to ensure that solutions are available to farmers to tackle priority pests and diseases Challenges following EU ban on PPPs Every year, the use of many plant protection products (PPPs) is affected by regulatory changes – that is, changes in approvals and Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs). This has a direct impact on producers who often must change production methods (good agricultural practices – GAP) to comply with the new rules. Any non-compliances can… +
    read more

  • COLEACP technical publications in 2020

    • 19/01/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Capsicum, Caribbean, Eggplant, Mangoes, Pacific, Pineapples, Tomatoes
    No Comments
    Guidelines for ACP national authorities in response to the new EU Phytosanitary Regulation In 2020 COLEACP began to publish a series of guidelines in response to the new Plant Health Regulation (EU) 2016/2031 that came into operation in December 2019. Under the new regime, special measures have been introduced for crops that are a known pathway into the EU of serious pests that could damage agriculture or the environment in Europe. These include capsicum, mango, Solanum (eggplant and tomato), and… +
    read more

  • Important amendment to EU Plant Health regulations affecting exports of chillies and peppers (Capsicum)

    • 26/10/2017
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Capsicum, Chillies, News
    No Comments
    Until the new European Plant Health Regulation comes into force in December 2019, the application of existing EU rules is being reinforced. This has implications for third countries exporting to the EU, including the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states. On 15 July 2017, the European Commission published Implementing Directive 2017/1279, which sets out important new plant health rules affecting ACP exports. These rules require additional measures for the control of four new quarantine pests, including False Codling Moth (Thaumatotybia… +
    read more