Business management e-coaching for Lucy Agricultural Development
- 02/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ethiopia
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Management staff at Lucy Agricultural Development Plc in Addis Ababa have just received remote training on good business management practices, and coaching on how to monitor and update an existing business plan. The training, given by a COLEACP expert from Kenya, was provided through the EU/AFD-funded Fit For Market programme.… +COLEACP and SPEG: awareness sessions on use of ethephon for pineapples exported to the EU
- 02/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Ghana
COLEACP and SPEG (Sea-Freight Pineapple Exporters of Ghana) are collaborating to organise awareness sessions on the appropriate use of ethephon for the export of pineapples to the EU. The first of two sessions took place on the 30th October in Pokrom region, with around 30 producers. Participants included conventional pineapples producers/cooperatives supplying third-party companies exporting to the EU, or exporting themselves to the EU. The session included field and packhouse observation of samples of sprayed fruits reserved from previous exports,… +Support to National Plant Protection Organisations
- 30/10/2020
- Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
- Category: Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Madagascar, Mali, Mangoes, Senegal, Togo
A virtual meeting, facilitated by Mr Babacar Samb, brought together participants from several NPPOs (Benin, Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Madagascar, Mali, Senegal, Togo). The aim was to set up an audit system within the NPPOs. This first meeting made it possible to introduce a guide developed by COLEACP: “Basic elements for implementing an internal audit system” in connection with implementing the systemic approach for the control of fruit flies in the mango export value chain. The NPPOs will then… +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… +Avocado trial opens door for Ethiopian produce exports
- 27/10/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Ethiopia
European importers have taken delivery of the first trial shipments of Hass avocados from Ethiopia (EUROFRUIT, 26 October). Durabilis, the international impact investment firm behind the venture, described the news as “a game-changing milestone that demonstrates the huge potential for Ethiopian produce”. The fruit was grown in the Koga region, south of Bahir Dar, and shipped via the new Ethiopia-Djibouti-Europe cool logistics corridor, being transported first by train to the Port of Djibouti, then shipped to Italy and transported to… +New NExT Kenya Programme Coordinator
- 26/10/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Kenya
COLEACP is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr Chagema Kedera as Programme Coordinator for the new EU-funded NExT Kenya (New Export Trade) programme. Dr Kedera, formerly the founding Managing Director of the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS), currently facilitates the Kenya National Horticultural Task Force. COLEACP has worked with Dr Kedera for many years: in the past he was Regional Coordinator with the EU-funded COLEACP-EDES Food Safety Programme, and more recently he has been a consultant expert working… +Webinar: Linking with Agriculture for a more Sustainable Tourism Sector in Guyana beyond Covid
- 26/10/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Caribbean
“Linking With Agriculture for a More Sustainable Tourism Sector in Guyana beyond Covid” | 27 October 2020 – 09:30-11:30hrs (GYT) Join Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Ministry of Agriculture, and Ministry of Industry, Commerce & Tourism with COLEACP at the Virtual Tourism Forum on the theme: “Linking With Agriculture for a More Sustainable Tourism Sector in Guyana beyond Covid”. This event will discuss how the tourism and agriculture sectors, working together, can create an enabling environment that spurs investment by stakeholders… +STDF Cameroon: Support to Penja Pepper GI staff
- 21/10/2020
- Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
- Category: Cameroon, Pepper
A mission is under way in Penja to support staff of the Penja Pepper Geographical Indication (GI) to create a database of all the main actors in the pepper production and distribution chain in the five production basins of the GI, as well as a census of these stakeholders in the field. This mission is part of the STDF/PG/593 project, which aims to contribute to improving the sanitary and phytosanitary quality of Penja pepper to facilitate its access to markets,… +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… +AGRICADO FARMS WORKING TOWARDS GLOBALG.A.P. COMPLIANCE
- 19/10/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Uganda
As part of its Fit For Market programme, COLEACP supported Agricado Farms to improve their quality management system in order to reach compliance with the GLOBALG.A.P. quality standard. A local expert first assessed the current practices in place, and then provided training to their quality management team. Agricado Farms is on its way to reach compliance with the GLOBALG.A.P. quality standard. Agricado Farms, a new fresh fruits and vegetable company located in Kampala, targets the European and Middle Eastern markets… +