Fruit Attraction 2021: Fit For Market support for COLEACP members and partners
- 25/10/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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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… +Government of Uganda, private sector and EU discuss opportunities for horticultural exports
- 30/09/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, News, Uganda
On 22 September, the EU Delegation in Uganda organised a trialogue between the Government of Uganda, the Ugandan private sector and the European Union to discuss “Challenges and opportunities for Ugandan horticultural exports to Europe”. Europeans hold Ugandan products in high regard, but some issues regarding standards and quality have led to increased controls at EU borders for products coming from Uganda. This represents a great loss for the Government and for the private sector. The meeting identified and discussed… +Getting the most out of trade fairs: New training offer and publications
- 16/09/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
One of the main challenges for ACP exporters is finding the right buyers. Many European businesses use trade fairs to manage their relations and show their presence on the market, so they are ideal places to meet with various importers. They also offer great opportunities to find information on your target market(s) and present your company directly to your potential customers. You will probably find a large concentration of relevant prospects in one place. But participating in trade shows will… +Launch of OECD-COLEACP Fruit and Vegetables Industry Series
- 15/09/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, Pacific
To celebrate the United Nations International Year of Fruit and Vegetables (#IYVF2021), COLEACP is collaborating with the OECD Fruit and Vegetables Scheme, which aims to promote international trade through harmonising the implementation and interpretation of marketing standards. Together the partners have launched the Fruit and Vegetables Industry Series of online sessions to highlight the significance of the sector. The first of the joint sessions, on 14 September, focused on “The fruit and vegetables industry: Market trends and prospects of a… +Zimbabwe: Pineapple smallholders achieve organic certification
- 10/09/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, News, Zimbabwe
“The Trust is excited, ZimTrade is thrilled, GreenStone Foods is over the moon whilst COLEACP is looking at building on this success to help the Trust grow. What a journey!” William Zirebwa, COLEACP National Relay Zimbabwe In August 2021, 45 smallholder pineapple farmers in Rusitu Valley, Chipinge, members of the Rusitu Valley Fruit Growers and Marketing Trust (RVFGMT), received a major boost when they achieved organic certification of their pineapples by Ecocert (The Herald, 27 August). The attainment of… +Afruibana webinar and White Paper
- 21/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Bananas, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, News
On 21 April, Afruibana held a webinar titled “Agriculture at the heart of the Africa-Europe relationship”. The event was organised as part of the presentation of the Afruibana White Paper on African Bananas, which aims to take stock of the past decade on the European banana market, and to offer perspectives at the start of the new decade. COLEACP recognises that the banana export industry is key for the development and modernisation of this and other ACP fruit and vegetable… +AGROSEAL LTD (Ghana) – implementation of a quality management system
- 27/02/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana, News
AGROSEAL LTD is currently receiving COLEACP Fit For Market support to implement a quality management system that complies with national and international requirements. This collaboration includes capacity building and support for the Agroseal team to develop a procedures manual. Agroseal is a Ghanaian agricultural trading company with a focus on fresh fruits and vegetables (pineapple, orange, okra, mango, etc.), which aims to empower smallholder farmers through innovation and technology to gain reliable access to higher-end markets, increasing incomes and reducing… +BREXIT – Update of COLEACP’s general information document
- 01/02/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Uncategorized, United Kingdom
The UK’s withdrawal from the EU customs union and single market took place on 31 December 2020 on the basis of an agreement concluded between the EU and UK on 24th December 2020. This event has both important implications for the ACP horticultural trade with the UK, particularly for goods delivered to the UK via initial ports of landing in the EU (so called “triangular supply chains”). In order to inform and support its partners, COLEACP has updated its general… +IYFV 2021 – Fruits and vegetables, your dietary essentials
- 18/01/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
At its 74th session, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2021 the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (IYFV). The IYFV is a unique opportunity to raise awareness on the important role of fruit and vegetables in human nutrition, food security and health, and in achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. At the (virtual) Official Launch Event of IYFV 2021 on 15 December 2020, the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), QU Dongyu, made an appeal to… +Phytosanitary certificates – Brexit and Covid derogations
- 06/01/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Uncategorized
As a Covid-19 emergency measure, the European Union is accepting electronic transmissions of phytosanitary certificates (PCs) for imports into the EU (followed by transmission of the paper documents) until 1 February 2021. The UK position was previously unclear, but it is now confirmed that the UK will replicate this measure from 1 January 2021. A Covid-19 easement is in place as part of the Office Control Regulations; the exporter/importer can send a scanned copy of the PC, which the UK’s… +