• Cameroon: Working week for the implementation of COLEACP R-SAT tool

    • 20/01/2022
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Cameroon, News
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    A week-long workshop was held in early January in Kribi, bringing together the private and public sectors involved in the mango value chain (fresh and dried), to discuss the implementation of COLEACP’s Rapid SPS Assessment Tool (R-SAT). The tool and its roll-out are supported by the Fit For Market SPS programme, continuing COLEACP’s activities in support of Cameroon’s horticultural sector and Department of Regulation and Quality Control of Agricultural Products and Inputs (DRCQ). R-SAT supports Competent Authorities to assess the… +
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  • New market profiles : processed pineapple in Guinea and mango in Burkina Faso

    • 22/12/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Burkina Faso, Guinea, News
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    COLEACP’s Market Intelligence Service publishes the market profile for “Processed pineapple from Guinea”. This profile identifies market opportunities for three processed pineapple products (dried pineapple, pineapple juice and pineapple syrup) on the Guinean, West African and European markets. It is available in English (here) and French (here) for programme partners beneficiaries and COLEACP members. The market profile for “Mango from Burkina Faso” was produced as part of the collaboration between COLEACP and VCA4D1, which carries out agricultural value chain analyses… +
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  • IICA-COLEACP Caribbean Agrifood Business Series: Ensuring food quality and safety

    • 15/12/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Barbados, Caribbean, Jamaica, News, Suriname
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    Caribbean Agrifood Business Series
    The fourth session of the Caribbean Agrifood Business Series, organised by the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) and COLEACP, focused on “Ensuring food quality and safety in the Caribbean: the key role of SMEs and businesses”. The online session on 9 December reunited 240 participants from the Caribbean and other parts of world, including 15 African countries. Entrepreneurs, food safety and quality specialists, and experts on policy and finance highlighted the importance of food and nutrition security in… +
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  • Uganda: Updated Technical Brochure on false codling moth

    • 15/12/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Capsicum, News, Pepper, Uganda
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    COLEACP has just updated its Technical Brochure on the management of false codling moth (FCM, Thaumatotibia leucotreta), for use in training sessions with Ugandan growers of pepper (Capsicum spp.). The main enhancement is an updated table of plant protection products (PPPs) potentially effective against FCM that are currently registered for use in Uganda (2021). The information includes the active ingredients and concentrations, the Insecticide Resistance Action Committee (IRAC) mode of action classification, the World Health Organization (WHO) classification, and the… +
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  • Senegal: Training in compost production from mango industry waste

    • 13/12/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Mangoes, News, Senegal
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    COLEACP’s recent work with mango producers and processors in Senegal has focused on recovering and quantifying mango waste. Composting was identified as a key solution for recovery of the organic waste produced by the companies. Although this solution is relatively simple, implementing it on a large-scale production site requires specific theoretical and practical knowledge. Through its Fit For Market SPS programme, COLEACP is providing training and consultancy for mango production/processing companies in Casamance. These activities contribute to UNIDO’s implementation of… +
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  • Biocontrol: Opportunities and challenges in tropical horticulture

    • 13/12/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific, Switzerland
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    COLEACP Keynote Address at ABIM 2021 On 19–20 October, COLEACP participated in the 16th Annual Biocontrol Industry Meeting (ABIM) in Basel, Switzerland. During these two days, 970 participants from 44 nations were able to network together face-to-face, as well as listen to inspiring presentations and panel discussions. Both SMEs and large enterprises were well represented. The programme of ABIM 2021 included a journalist-led panel discussion involving biocontrol industry leaders, food processors, NGOs and researchers on how biocontrol will help transform… +
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  • SPS Good Practice Guide for Penja pepper

    • 02/11/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Cameroon, Pepper
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    A “Sanitary and Phytosanitary Good Practice Guide for the Penja Pepper Sector” has recently been published in French and will soon be available in English. Together with sector stakeholders, the Penja Pepper Representative Geographical Indication Group (GRIGPP) managed the development and production of the guide, which is based on an analysis of SPS risks throughout the value chain. The publication was achieved through the project “Improving SPS capacity in the Penja pepper value chain”, which is funded by the Standards… +
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  • Reducing pesticide use in tropical agriculture

    • 26/10/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    On 11–12 October COLEACP participated in a workshop on “Reducing the use of pesticides in tropical agriculture: Key challenges and strategies”, organised by the Agropolis Foundation. During these two days, scientists from the European Union, Middle East and Africa exchanged views on topics ranging from epidemiology, toxicology and environmental impact to societal impacts resulting from pesticide use across the globe. Edouard Lehmann, COLEACP’s Research & Innovation Manager, took part in a round table on how to promote multi-stakeholder collaboration in… +
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  • Unfair Trading Practices Directive now law in most EU countries

    • 25/10/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    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… +
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  • Pacific: Training continues in the context of Covid

    • 25/10/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Fiji, Pacific
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    Agriculture in the Pacific region has suffered during the pandemic due to its close relationship with tourism. COLEACP’s regional relay in Fiji, Mereia Volavola, describes the impact: “The Covid19 pandemic seriously affected the businesses in the Pacific, especially the tourism and agriculture sectors. As the international borders closed, the tourism industry collapsed and the demand and export supply for agricultural produce fell. Shipments via airlines and ships were drastically affected as the number of flights and ships reduced and cost… +
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