Launch of OECD-COLEACP Fruit and Vegetables Industry Series

To celebrate the United Nations International Year of Fruit and Vegetables (#IYVF2021), COLEACP is collaborating with the OECD Fruit and Vegetables Scheme, which aims to promote international trade through harmonising the implementation and interpretation of marketing standards.

Together the partners have launched the Fruit and Vegetables Industry Series of online sessions to highlight the significance of the sector.

The first of the joint sessions, on 14 September, focused on “The fruit and vegetables industry: Market trends and prospects of a dynamic sector”, offering an overview of trends and foresights in trade, new markets, and the structure of the industry, with insights from policy, research and industry.

You can read full details of the first session here.

F&V trade: What do we know?

•  Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): Global trends in trade and consumption
• COLEACP: ACP-EU trade

Organisation of the fruit and vegetable sector

• Quality and Marketing standards group, OECD Scheme for the Application of International Standards for Fruit and Vegetables
• Philippe Binard, General Delegate, Freshfel

Prospects for growth in the industry: Insights from operators

• Frédéric Rosseneu, Corporate Business Development Manager, Greenyard Group
• Tahina Randriarilala, Quality and Sustainable Development Manager, Lecofruit
• Carrefour (CFAO Africa)

The Fruit and Vegetables Industry Series aims to share knowledge of both local and export markets and operators; enhance understanding of the sector’s contribution to sustainable production and consumption; promote the contribution of fruit and vegetables to healthy and nutritious diets; and showcase successes and innovations of private sector operators across the EU and Southern countries, as well as lessons learned.

Also with the OECD Fruit and Vegetables Scheme, COLEACP is contributing to the latest international training course on “Harmonization of the fruit and vegetables quality assessment”, which will take place from 16–17 September 2021 in the Slovak Republic. Click here for details.

This activity is supported by the Fit For Market programme, implemented by COLEACP within the Framework of Development Cooperation between the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (OACPS) and the European Union, and co-funded by the French Development Agency (AFD).