• Uganda: Agricado Farms gains certification

    • 27/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Uganda
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    Agricado Farms’ 1-year action plan leads to GLOBALG.A.P. certification A year’s effort by the Agricado Farms team in collaboration with COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme has resulted in the company’s achievement of GLOBALG.A.P. certification (Option 1 – Single Producer Certification). Confirmed following an audit in January 2021, this certification will have a major positive effect on the company’s ability to access international high-end markets. Agricado Farms Uganda Ltd is a new fresh fruit and vegetable company located in Kampala, Uganda.… +
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  • Dominican Republic – webinar 2 co-organised by COLEACP and JAD

    • 18/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Dominican Republic, News
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    In collaboration with the Dominican Agroenterprise Board (Junta Agroempresarial Dominicana, JAD), COLEACP is organising a series of webinars on market access for processed products in the pineapple, mango and avocado sectors. These are part of the CALIFRUP project “Quality enhancement for the development of MSMEs in the processed fruit value chain”, which aims to support the strategy of value chain development and, specifically, to strengthen the processed fruit value chain. The second webinar, on 17 February, focused on regulatory and… +
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  • Dominican Republic: JAD-COLEACP webinars

    • 09/02/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Avocados, Dominican Republic, Mangoes, Pineapples
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    califrup
    In collaboration with the Dominican Agroenterprise Board (Junta Agroempresarial Dominicana, JAD), COLEACP is organising a series of webinars on market access for processed products in the pineapple, mango and avocado sectors. These are part of the CALIFRUP project “Quality enhancement for the development of MSMEs in the processed fruit value chain”, which aims to support the strategy of value chain development and, specifically, to strengthen the processed fruit value chain. The first webinar, on “The international market for processed products”,… +
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  • AVOCADO ASSOCIATION UGANDA develops a three-year strategic plan

    • 02/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Uganda
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    AVOCADO ASSOCIATION UGANDA (formerly HASHAU) has been receiving support from COLEACP to work on their governance structure and guidelines. In addition, board members of AVOCADO ASSOCIATION UGANDA have received coaching to develop a strategic plan for the coming three years (2021-2023), outlining a list of priority services which the association envisions providing to its members. The overall objective is to enable AVOCADO ASSOCIATION UGANDA members to access international and domestic horticultural markets by complying with Good Agricultural Practices, SPS and… +
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  • Professor Arpaia welcomed to Avocado Society of Kenya’s Board (partner of NExT Kenya)

    • 27/01/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    The Avocado Society of Kenya has the honor to have Professor Mary Lu Arpaia to serve on its Board of Directors. Prof Arpaia is a renowned avocado researcher from the University of California. Avocado Society of Kenya promotes efficient production and organised marketing for long-term profitability of avocado agribusinesses in Kenya. It works with public and private stakeholders to provide innovative services that influence agricultural transformation, empowering members and especially smallholder farmers to sustainably increase productivity. COLEACP is looking forward… +
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  • IPM training at Fair Trade Enterprises (Kenya)

    • 17/11/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    Technical staff from FTE Kenya and Kenyan IPM COLEACP expert conducted field visits to avocado orchards in Meru, as part of Integrated Pest Management training delivered through the Fit For Market programme.… +
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  • The key to Kenya’s successful avocado season

    • 13/11/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    The Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK) and Fresh Produce Consortium Kenya (FPC Kenya) issued a press statement on the avocado market on 11 November. According to FPEAK and FPC Kenya, up to the end of October 2020 Kenya exported 68,000 tons of avocados, valued at Ksh14 billion (about US$128 million), a record-high for the Kenyan subsector. The Avocado Society of Kenya reports that demand for avocados has risen both locally and internationally, with demand for fruits and fresh… +
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  • Avocado trial opens door for Ethiopian produce exports

    • 27/10/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Ethiopia
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    HASS
    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… +
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  • Collective coaching on dry matter testing

    • 27/02/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Avocados, News
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    Following the collective training organised in October 2019 in order to reinforce the good practices for harvest and post-harvest handling for avocado export, the companies have been offered the opportunity to benefit from a coaching on dry matter testing. An experienced trainer visited the companies to train the technical staff to perform the test themselves.… +
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