Ghana: training in cost/benefit analysis for a women’s cooperative of Global Shea Alliance
- 03/02/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana
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As part of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme, training in cost/benefit analysis for micro/small scale producers was organised for the Global Shea Alliance (GSA). The training aimed to build capacity in cost/benefit and cashflow-related calculations for the production of vegetables at producer level, and in how farmers can be assisted to budget for the various activities in the vegetable production cycle. To increase farmers’ level of professionalism, a budgeting and planning exercise has been set up using simple tools that… +Access to finance: Instaveg benefits from Agrifi Challenge Fund after COLEACP support
- 19/01/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
Instaveg Ltd is one of the companies that has actively participated in COLEACP’s Fit for Market programme. Besides technical support, leads to financial institutions and grant programmes enabled the company to benefit from a grant from the Agrifi Challenge Fund to set up a new packaging facility that will facilitate food safety compliance with BRCGS and reduce food waste. The combined support and linkages by COLEACP facilitate market access, creation and retention of jobs, and sustainable activities for farmers and… +LINGFIELD FARMS strengthens skills on Good hygiene practices and traceability principles
- 24/12/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
Lingfield Farm is a family-run horticultural producing company with more than 120 permanent and 300 casual workers. The company was supported by COLEACP to follow a training on « Good hygiene practices and traceability principles » for the technical staff on-site at the company’s premises in Gweru, Zimbabwe. This training aims to refresh and strengthen the staff’s capacities to successfully and systematically meet Food Safety Management requirements of their produce (peas and fine beans) reaching the export market.… +Probest scales up its quality management system to meet GLOBALG.A.P. standard
- 13/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
With support from COLEACP as part of its Fit for Market programme, the technical team of Probest followed intensive training on how to scale up their Quality Management System to meet GLOBALG.A.P. requirements for two additional production sites. Probest is a Zimbabwean company specialising in production of fresh snow peas (mange-tout and sugar snaps) as well as fine beans for the export market, and a variety of fresh vegetables for local markets. Congratulations with this successful capacity building!… +Memorandum signed with Sankuru province in DRC
- 10/11/2020
- Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
- Category: Africa, Democratic Republic Of The Congo, News
COLEACP has signed a Memorandum of Understanding and action plan with the Province of Sankuru in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as part of its Fit For Market Programmes. The aim is to contribute to capacity building of stakeholders in the province’s horticultural sector to improve the quality and quantity of production, and strengthen access to local, regional and international markets. Priority areas of work, defined in phases, are: Identify actors and horticultural activities at the provincial level: improve… +