News digest: policy
- 18/01/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
No CommentsGLOBAL Global Forum for Food and Agriculture goes digital The 13th Global Forum for Food and Agriculture will be the first to be totally digital. The GFFA, 18–22 January, has the theme “How to feed the world in times of pandemics and climate change?”. The annual Berlin-based meeting, hosted by the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL), is held under the umbrella of International Green Week. Around 2,000 international participants from politics, industry, science and civil society will… +News digest: Agri-food markets & production
- 16/12/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
MARKETS: AFRICA Kenya and UK sign trade deal Kenya and the United Kingdom have formally signed a trade agreement ending an era of doing business through protocols of the European Union, from which London will exit at the end of December (FPC Fresh Talk Daily, 9 December). The agreement provides for Kenya’s duty-free, quota-free access to the UK market on specified products, which currently include coffee, tea, fresh vegetables and cut flowers. The deal has also simplified the Rules of… +COLEACP information on supply and demand for ACP horticultural products
- 17/04/2020
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
Building on its intra-ACP Fit For Market programmes, COLEACP’s proposed activities in the short term to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic will focus on logistics and access to markets. Activities will include: Monitoring and informing the ACP and EU agri-food industry on logistics, trade and market dynamics. Supporting innovative national and international logistics and trade solutions to help ensure the trade in agricultural and food products – matching supply to demand for available logistical routes; diversifying from export… +