Strengthening cooperative governance: Zimbabwe’s Rusitu Valley leads the way
- 04/12/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Strengthening cooperative governance: Zimbabwe’s Rusitu Valley leads the way The Rusitu Valley Fruit Growers and Marketing Trust (RVFGMT), a cooperative of 1,400 growers in Chimanimani, Zimbabwe, is undergoing a transformative journey to strengthen its governance and sustainability. With targeted support from the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, RVFGMT is addressing critical governance challenges to better serve its members and position itself as a beacon of sustainable development in the region. RVFGMT aggregates and markets the produce of its… +Senegal strengthens its capacity in pest risk analysis
- 27/09/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Senegal strengthens its capacity in pest risk analysis A training course on pest risk analysis (PRA) began in Dakar on 9 September at the plant health training centre run by the Plant Protection Directorate (DPV).This capacity building is part of the STDF/PG/946 Senegal project implemented by COLEAD and is aimed at experts from the Technical Working Group on Pest Risk Analysis. The objectives are to support the setting up of a technical and interdisciplinary working group on pest risk… +Do you know Bonolo Monthe, CEO of Maungo Craft in Botswana?
- 30/08/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Do you know Bonolo Monthe, CEO of Maungo Craft in Botswana? Bonolo holds an MBC from the David Eccles School of Business at the University of Utah. She has received many awards for her entrepreneurial career in the agri-food sector: UN Food Systems Champion, Mandela Washington Fellow 2019 and Gogettaz Agripreneur Winner 2019. Maungo Craft processes Morula fruit into award-winning, preservative-free preserves, promoting an indigenous fruit industry for sustainable growth. One of Maungo Craft’s aims is to rehabilitate forgotten crops,… +Integrated pest management for beans and gherkins in Madagascar
- 29/08/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Integrated pest management for beans and gherkins in Madagascar COLEAD is working with an exporting company based in Madagascar that is experiencing a drop in yields of green beans and gherkins due to heavy nematode pressure. This problem is since the same crops have been grown for several consecutive seasons without rotation or fallow periods, leading to a deterioration in soil quality. The company has begun to explore solutions, such as crop rotation with cover crops, which have shown… +Launch Workshop for the STDF Project in Senegal
- 03/07/2024
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Launch Workshop for the STDF Project in Senegal On 6th June 2024, the new project “Strengthening phytosanitary capacity to promote exports of horticulture products from Senegal” was officially launched in Dakar. Funded by the STDF and implemented by COLEAD, this project aims to strengthen Senegal’s phytosanitary system in partnership with the Senegalese Ministry of Agriculture, represented by the Directorate of Plant Protection. The project, which will last for three years, revolves around four main areas: Revising the legal framework,… +COLEAD’s first development project in São Tomé and Príncipe (coco value chain)
- 02/07/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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COLEAD’s first development project in São Tomé and Príncipe (coco value chain). Following a meeting with VALUDO at Biofach, COLEAD received its first application for support from São Tomé and Príncipe through the FFM+ programme in 2023. This project is an important step for COLEAD in its commitment to support sustainable agri-food systems in ACP (Africa, Caribbean and Pacific) countries. Following a Sustainability Assessment (SAS) to identify key challenges and gaps, a tailor-made action plan was developed to benefit… +2023 DeSIRA Global Annual Report
- 10/06/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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2023 DeSIRA Global Annual Report The Development Smart Innovation through Research in Agriculture (DeSIRA) Initiative, supported by the European Commission (DG INTPA), supports research and innovation (R&I) projects in low and middle-income countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America through 68 projects (2019-2025). DeSIRA encourages a climate-relevant, productive and sustainable transformation of agriculture and food systems by adopting climate-smart and agroecological innovations through multi-stakeholder collaboration, and capacity development at individual and organisational levels to promote innovation. COLEAD is the… +New STDF funded project in Senegal to strengthen the plant health system
- 11/04/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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New STDF funded project in Senegal to strengthen the plant health system Senegal, like many countries in the Sahel region, faces major challenges in securing its food supply in the face of rapid population growth and urbanisation. The threat posed by climate change, with the increased spread of pests and transboundary diseases, poses a significant risk to the country’s agriculture and food security. In this context, the Senegalese Ministry of Agriculture, led by the Directorate of Plant Protection, has launched… +Flashback 2005: task forces in the fruit and vegetable sector, strengthening public-private dialogue
- 10/04/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Flashback 2005: task forces in the fruit and vegetable sector, strengthening public-private dialogue (Source : PIP Magazine, July 2005) “(…)The European Union defines specific food safety and phytosanitary standards for all types of food, whether produced on its territory or imported from third countries. Naturally the ACP fruit and vegetable export sector is obliged to abide by these rules. In that context, ACP private operators and the public sector have to work together to develop strategies enabling them to… +Sustainable mango production in Mali
- 10/04/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
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Sustainable mango production in Mali As part of its efforts to increase the competitiveness through the adoption of sustainable practices by Malian companies, COLEAD organised two intensive training sessions on GlobalGAP Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) version 6 in Bamako, Mali, as part of the Fit For Market Plus programme. These training sessions, organised in response to growing demand from local companies exporting mangoes to the European Union, aimed to bring food safety and sustainable management practices in line with… +