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.… +Nigeria – DANGOTE engaged in progressive training sessions
- 12/02/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Nigeria
COLEACP’s Field Training Workshop method – training for Dangote Farms At the end of January, COLEACP facilitated training on crop protection, safe use of pesticides and the Field Training Worksohp method for Dangote Farms Limited in Nigeria. The company grows tomatoes with over 5,000 smallholders in the area around Kano, processing the crop into tomato paste for the domestic market. The extension staff who took part in the training are planning to make use of the skills they acquired to… +Technical team of Zimbabwe Farmers Union reinforcing training capacity on Crop Protection and Safe Use of Pesticides
- 18/11/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Zimbabwe
ZFU is the largest farmers’ organization in Zimbabwe in terms of number of members, representing over a million farming households. The technical team of ZFU, including capacity building managers and provincial managers, is following a training series to strengthen their technical and teaching skills to keep their member farmers up to date with the latest knowhow to enhance quality and productivity. This first training handled Crop Protection and Safe Use of Pesticides, which improved their background knowledge about identification of… +Fit for Market programme – Strengthening business competitiveness through more sustainable practices
- 05/10/2016
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Uncategorized
“Fit For Market” (F4M) is up and running. F4M is part of the 11th intra-ACP indicative programme (2014-2020) between the European Union and the ACP Group of States. It is due to be rolled out over 5 years (2016-2020) with a total budget of € 25 million (of which € 20 million from the European Union). The specific objective is to enable smallholder farmers, producer groups, farmer organisations, and micro, small and medium enterprises, to access international and domestic fruit… +