Fit For Market+: a new EU-OACPS programme
- 21/12/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Caribbean, Côte d'Ivoire, Dominican Republic, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritius, News, Nigeria, Pacific, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Suriname, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Fit For Market, “plus” mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening the sustainability of the ACP horticultural sector From 2022 COLEACP will implement a new EU/OACPS-funded programme that builds on 20 years’ achievements to confront the unprecedented challenges – and opportunities – faced by ACP horticultural value chains today. This new five-year, €25 million programme – “Fit For Market+ : Mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening the sustainability of the ACP horticultural sector” – will… +Mali: New market profile of dried mango and mango juice
- 15/12/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Mali, Mangoes, News
A new market profile of dried mango and mango juice from Mali looks at the local, regional and European markets to identify potential opportunities for product diversification. The report, supported by the Fit For Market programme, was developed by COLEACP’s Market Intelligence service. The dried mango export market is growing, particularly with demand for certified organic and Fairtrade products. South Africa is the main exporter of dried mango with an estimated market share of 50%. After Asian countries, the West… +Capacity building in Sustainable Environmental Management
- 26/10/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa
A crucial time for the global environment This time of year is associated with the major international summits for the protection of the environment – and this year they are even more crucial. The first part of the 15th Conference of the Parties of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) has just ended with the adoption of the Kunming Declaration outlining the ambitions of the signatory states in terms of nature protection. The aim of COP15 is to reach… +Sustainability Self-Assessment System at the heart of COLEACP’s activities through FFM and FFM SPS programmes
- 25/10/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
Sustainability – environmental, social and economic – is key to COLEACP’s mission. Our members are encouraged to sign up to our Sustainability Charter, and to regularly complete our Sustainability Self-Assessment System, which was initially supported by the Fit For Market programme (FFM). The system enables producers and agribusinesses to monitor their evolving impacts in all three areas and demonstrate their progress to current and potential customers, and other interested parties. By utilising the system, businesses can: Strive for continuous improvement… +Unfair Trading Practices Directive now law in most EU countries
- 25/10/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
For over 10 years, COLEACP has been part of a coalition of organisations, including Oxfam, the Fair Trade Advocacy Office and the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM-EU), lobbying the EU to tackle unfair trading practices (UTPs) in agricultural supply chains. We advocated strongly for new legal provisions to extend beyond the EU to also protect third country suppliers. The groundbreaking EU Directive 2019/633 on Unfair Trading Practices in Business Relationships between Businesses in the Agricultural and Food Supply… +Fruit Attraction 2021: Fit For Market support for COLEACP members and partners
- 25/10/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
From 5–7 October COLEACP, partner-beneficiaries from programmes and members took part in the trade fair Fruit Attraction 2021. The B2B event was a hybrid – both in-person and online – for the first time in 2021, presenting opportunities for more ACP horticultural businesses to take part. Exhibitors participated in-person with a stand, online through the LIVEConnect platform, or through a combination. This year the online platform LIVEConnect will remain open to bring the fruit and vegetable community together all year… +ECTAD CARIBBEAN: Taro/dasheen exporters seeking markets
- 20/09/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Caribbean, Dasheen, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Do you have a European market for taro? The Eastern Caribbean Trading Agriculture and Development Organisation (ECTAD CARIBBEAN) is a national small farmers’ organisation based in St Vincent and the Grenadines, with connections and networks throughout the Caribbean. Its farmers produce a variety of crops, with taro/dasheen (Colocasia esculenta) being one of the main crops exported; secondary crops include eddoes, ginger and sweet potatoes. The organisation has been marketing taro/dasheen to clients in Europe for over ten years through its… +Just published: COLEACP Annual Report 2020
- 05/08/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
The Annual Report 2020 of COLEACP and its programmes is now online here. The report focuses on the digitalisation of our activities. In 2020 Covid-19 made our daily lives more fragile – but also accelerated our activities, our local anchoring, and our use of digital tools. We have continued to deliver the planned support to our partners across the OACPS countries by helping to mitigate the negative impacts of Covid-19 on their production and marketing of horticultural products. “The Covid-19… +Mali: Mango exporter ETS Yaffa & Frères benefits from a business loan
- 19/07/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Mali, Mangoes
The ABC Fund (Agri-Business Capital) recently provided loans to three African agri-businesses to support their working capital needs and expansion, enabling higher rural employment and securing market access for farmers in their respective sectors (African Farming, 3 June). Image source : ETS Yaffa et Frères One of the successful companies is COLEACP member Etablissement Yaffa & Frères, one of the largest local fresh mango exporters in Mali. Yaffa has been a member of COLEACP since 2007, and over the past… +Market profile on processed tomatoes in Senegal
- 28/05/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Senegal, Tomatoes
The COLEACP Market Intelligence service has published a “Market profile on processed tomatoes in Senegal”. The service carries out market studies at the request of stakeholders and partners in the Fit For Market programme. This market profile outlines the processed tomato sector in Senegal in terms of its commercial opportunities on local West African and European markets. This is an example of what COLEACP’s Market Intelligence service can produce for members and partners of COLEACP and its programmes. Other profiles… +