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  • BENIN: a new innovative Africa-EU university-private sector partnership for sustainable pineapple production

    • 01/07/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    BENIN: a new innovative Africa-EU university-private sector partnership for sustainable pineapple production.     Pineapple production is at the heart of export diversification in Benin. However, the depletion of soil nutrients and high energy requirements for pineapple juice production challenge its sustainability. Within an independent research project funded by VLIRUOS (Belgian government), a pioneering project in Benin aims to address these challenges through an innovative and collaborative approach, optimising the use of underutilised pineapple crop residues and processing them through… +
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  • INDIA: Evolution and impact of EU regulation on the agenda at meeting with Indian exporters

    • 01/07/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    INDIA: Evolution and impact of EU regulation on the agenda at meeting with Indian exporters.   Upcoming EU regulations and their implications for Indian Food & Agri Exports were the primary focus of a workshop organised in Antwerp on June 20 by the Federation of Indian Export Organisations with the support of the Belgian Embassy and COLEAD through its Agrinfo programme. The workshop was part of a series of meetings between Indian, Belgian and Dutch food businesses seeking to expand… +
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  • Continued strengthening of the technical capacity of the contracting parties to adopt the IPPC effectively and efficiently

    • 01/07/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    Continued strengthening of the technical capacity of the contracting parties to adopt the IPPC effectively and efficiently.   The Implementation and Capacity Development Committee (IC) met from 13-17 May 2024 in Rome, Italy, to discuss strategies of enhancing the technical capacity of contracting parties to effectively and efficiently adopt the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) and implement plant health standards. The IC is one of the subsidiary bodies of the Commission on Phytosanitary Measures (CPM), the IPPC’s main governing body.… +
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  • DRC: Training supervisors to train producers on sustainable farming practices

    • 01/07/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    DRC: Training supervisors to train producers on sustainable farming practices.   As part of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, a second training session for supervisors was recently held in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo. This activity illustrates COLEAD’s cascade training methodology, which is at the heart of its ISO 21 001 certified training system. The aim of this initiative was to strengthen the teaching and technical skills of supervisors, experts from cooperatives and support structures, using the teaching… +
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  • EU and GB approval changes (January-May 2024)

    • 28/06/2024
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Uncategorized
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    EU and GB approval changes (January-May 2024) EU and GB approval changes COLEAD’s Regulation Monitoring covers both European Union (EU)and Great Britain (GB) approval changes. Note that EU approvals still apply in Northern Ireland. Great Britain is the mainland comprising England, Scotland and Wales. The European Commission (EC) has recently published changes to 48 plant protection product (PPP) approvals within the EU, some of which are important for ACP horticulture. These include: Extension of the approval period for 11 PPPs… +
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  • Shared Interest-COLEAD: an ongoing partnership supporting cocoa & coffee cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Rwanda

    • 28/06/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    Shared Interest-COLEAD: an ongoing partnership supporting cocoa & coffee cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Rwanda.   First phase of the project completed: completion of a diagnostic of the “governance and financial framework of the participating cooperatives”. Next phase of the project: start of training on “Cooperative governance and management”.   The Shared Interest Foundation (SIF), a UK-based charity, is working with COLEAD to improve the operational effectiveness and sustainability of cooperatives in Côte d’Ivoire, Uganda and Rwanda. These cooperatives… +
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  • IFAD, CAADP and COLEAD join forces to address agroecology at the African Fertiliser and Soil Health Summit 2024

    • 27/06/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    IFAD, CAADP and COLEAD join forces to address agroecology at the African Fertiliser and Soil Health Summit 2024.   For decades, agricultural productivity in Africa has been hampered by widespread land and soil degradation. This is reflected in loss of organic matter, negative nutrient balances, erosion, acidification and pollution, leading to a decline in soil fertility. To address these challenges and support a growing population, the African Union (AU) convened the African Fertilizer and Soil Health Summit (AFSH) in Nairobi,… +
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  • COLEAD attends ARSO General Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria

    • 27/06/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    COLEAD attends ARSO General Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria.   From 19 to 21 June, COLEAD through the FFM+ and AGRINFO programmes, participated in the 30th ARSO (African Organisation for Standardisation) General Assembly in Abuja, Nigeria, under the theme “Educate an African fit for the 21st Century – Building a Quality Culture – One Market – One Standard”. The event provided a platform for ARSO members and stakeholders to discuss strategies for effective partnerships in ensuring quality infrastructure in Africa. COLEAD… +
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  • Towards future collaboration – WorldVeg and COLEAD sign new MoU

    • 27/06/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    Towards future collaboration – WorldVeg and COLEAD sign new MoU   The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by Marco Wopereis, Director General of WorldVeg, and Jeremy Knops, COLEAD General Delegate, at COLEAD’s headquarters in Brussels on 7 June. The mission of both COLEAD and WorldVeg are highly complementary. Both organizations acknowledge that developing sustainable global food systems is crucial to meet the challenges of poverty, inequality, food insecurity and fragility in the face of climatic and economic shocks. And now they… +
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  • Calls for experts: Vocational and Lifelong Learning Systems in African Universities

    • 26/06/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    Calls for experts: Vocational and Lifelong Learning Systems in African Universities. The DeSIRA-LIFT project (June 2021–May 2025) funded by the European Commission (DG INTPA) aims to catalyse the European Union’s DeSIRA programme current and future activities supporting the Development of Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture to enhance its impacts. As lead of the second service area (with support from the Natural Resources Institute), COLEAD and RUFORUM are joining forces to fill in identified gaps that impede the potential of… +
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