Dominican Republic moves towards one health system
- 28/08/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
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Dominican Republic moves towards one health system The SIA (Sanidad Innovación Agropecuaria) project of the Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Agriculture was launched in April 2024. It is funded by the IDB and implemented by COLEAD. The many meetings and exchanges, that have taken place since our first mission in May, have enabled the first results of the project to be drawn up and presented to the various public stakeholders, including local authorities at the highest level. As a reminder,… +Understanding EU regulatory changes with AGRINFO
- 28/08/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Understanding EU regulatory changes with AGRINFO The AGRINFO programme was set up to help the EU’s partner countries (listed as low-income, lower-middle income and upper-middle-income economies in the Development Assistance Committee List of ODA Recipients of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)), understand and anticipate the impact of changing EU regulations on their agri-food exports to the European market. In practice, AGRINFO provides EU trading partners with clear summaries of the “what, why and when” of recent… +COLEAD Annual Report 2023
- 22/07/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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COLEAD Annual Report 2023 In a global political and economic context that continues to appear threatening, we must count on the continued determination and shared will of the parties involved in COLEAD’s field of action to continue thinking and working together to contribute to the necessary transformation of agri-food systems. The issues at stake and the needs require us to be ambitious and innovative. COLEAD must continue to carry out its mission based on a multiple role, in particular… +COLEAD 2024 General Meeting
- 22/07/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
COLEAD 2024 General Meeting COLEAD’s Annual Ordinary General Meeting (OGM) was held on 27 June 2024 in Rungis, with both face-to-face and distance participation, bringing together members from around twenty countries, including Belgium, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Chad, Cameroon, Ghana, Ethiopia, France, Haiti, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Nigeria, the Democratic Republic of Congo, the UK, Rwanda, Senegal, Togo and Zimbabwe. The event was an opportunity to share the latest news from the association over the past year and the strategic directions… +Understanding the impact of trade-related capacity building interventions
- 19/07/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Understanding the impact of trade-related capacity building interventions This article presents the findings of a pilot study commissioned by COLEAD in the framework of the FFM+ programme to explore the ‘spillover effects’ of trade-related capacity building interventions over the past two decades aimed at improving the export horticulture value chain in Kenya. Spillovers, understood as unintended impacts of development interventions, have been underexplored in standard project performance matrices. While some work has been done in this area by organizations… +The PAFO-COLEAD Partnership: results of the 2024 satisfaction survey
- 19/07/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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The PAFO-COLEAD Partnership: results of the 2024 satisfaction survey Since 2020, the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization (PAFO) and COLEAD have been working together in a strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to strengthen fair and sustainable business linkages between smallholders, farmer groups, and agri-food Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (MSMEs) on the African continent. Together, they are developing joint activities to support the transformation towards sustainable and inclusive food systems in Africa. The primary goals are to promote sustainable and inclusive… +Packaging : alternatives to plastic
- 19/07/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Packaging : alternatives to plastic The COLEAD Market Insights department keeps an eye through the FFM+ programme, on trends and innovations at major trade shows, and one of the hot topics is sustainable packaging. Forthcoming regulatory changes are driving innovation, as seen at Fruit Logistica (Germany), Macfrut (Italy) and the recent Empack (Belgium). Discover cutting-edge alternatives to plastic such as cellulose, thermobonded packaging, laser-printed labels on produce and waterproof recyclable paper solutions, highlighting the industry’s slow but steady shift… +Results of a GCFP survey
- 19/07/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Results of a GCFP survey The Global Coalition of Fresh Produce (GCFP) , a collaboration of global fresh produce associations, recently conducted its second annual survey to assess the impact of rising production and trading costs on fresh fruit and vegetable suppliers. The survey included 88 respondents from various sectors including growers, shippers, packers, wholesalers, distributors and other supply chain partners in Asia, the Americas, Europe, Africa and Oceania. Note that more than 50% of the respondents are producers… +Launch Workshop for the STDF Project in Senegal
- 03/07/2024
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Launch Workshop for the STDF Project in Senegal On 6th June 2024, the new project “Strengthening phytosanitary capacity to promote exports of horticulture products from Senegal” was officially launched in Dakar. Funded by the STDF and implemented by COLEAD, this project aims to strengthen Senegal’s phytosanitary system in partnership with the Senegalese Ministry of Agriculture, represented by the Directorate of Plant Protection. The project, which will last for three years, revolves around four main areas: Revising the legal framework,… +BENIN: a new innovative Africa-EU university-private sector partnership for sustainable pineapple production
- 01/07/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
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… +