• Our most read news of 2021

    • 11/02/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: News, Togo
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    Highlighting dynamic young people in agriculture, and developments in sustainable production COLEACP’s most viewed news stories last year featured environmental sustainability training, organic regulation, agripreneurs, and incubator training for young technical managers in Togo. These activities are supported by the EU-funded Fit For Market and Fit For Market SPS programmes, and the STDF project in Togo, part of a suite of programmes implemented by COLEACP.   Launch of group distance training on Environmental Sustainability Management A new training series under… +
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  • Strengthening fruit and vegetable exports and SPS in Togo

    • 20/12/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: News, Togo
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    On 27 August, 40 representative of member companies of the Association of Producers, Processors and Exporters of Vegetables and Fruit of Togo (APROTELF) met in Lomé. Those attending the meeting included representatives of horticultural companies, the Plant Protection Directorate and GIZ/ProDRA (the German Development Agency’s Rural Development Programme). Participants discussed the status of fruit and vegetable exports from Togo. The country primarily exports pineapples, leafy green vegetables and some other local products to Europe. Togo’s fruit and vegetable exports to… +
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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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