2021 Kenya Avocado Excellence Awards
- 20/12/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Kenya, News
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On 10 December, COLEACP attended the Kenya Avocado Excellence Awards (KAEA) as a shortlisted nominee under the category of “best development partner”. COLEACP is in good company in the category, alongside MARKUP (the EU-EAC Market Access Upgrade Programme); the Government of Kenya’s National Agricultural and Rural Inclusive Growth Project (NARIGP); and the independent, nonprofit research institute RTI International. The nominations in all the categories can be viewed here. The KAEA, now in its second edition and becoming a national ritual,… +New Training-of-Trainers in Crop Protection for Kenyan experts
- 16/12/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Kenya, News
Due to the high demand for locally available technical expertise, NExT Kenya has launched a training-of-trainers cycle to build the capacities of a new group of Kenyan experts in COLEACP’s training methodology. The training-of-trainers will focus on learning and communication techniques on crop protection decision-making, scouting, application of control methods, and Field Training Workshops – a specific method to pass on key messages to workers and small-scale farmers. The training consists of preparation through an online learning platform, followed by… +Kenya: Digital collective training on GLOBALG.A.P. Standard
- 01/10/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Kenya, News
COLEACP organised a remote training course on “GLOBALG.A.P. Standard (Modalities and Checklist)” for partner companies of the NExT Kenya programme from 26 July to 27 August 2021. The training was directed toward companies/cooperatives that are either in the process of implementing GLOBALG.A.P. standards (a set of standards for Good Agricultural Practices) for the first time or are already managing the standards and need a refresher course for existing staff or training for new staff. The target audience for this four-week… +Kenya: Digital collective training on Food Safety Quality Management System
- 01/10/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Kenya, News
COLEACP organised a remote training course on “Food Safety Quality Management System” for partner companies of the NExT Kenya programme from 26 July to 27 August 2021. The target audience for this four-week digital training included technical staff (quality managers, packhouse managers and internal auditors) in charge of compliance within horticultural production companies and producer groups. The training was directed toward staff in exporters’ associations that assist their member companies with the implementation of food safety standards. At the end… +Six new Good Practice Guides – Updates
- 16/09/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Benin, Guinea, Kenya, Togo, Uganda
During 2021 COLEACP is providing a team of expert consultants to support national/regional initiatives to develop Good Practice Guides for horticultural value chains. These Guides are being developed, disseminated and kept up to date by stakeholders within each value chain. They are not COLEACP publications – they are written, owned and published by the professionals, within each country/region and crop sector, who will inform and use them. Stakeholders in the sector who take on this task receive practical support throughout… +Next Kenya programme meeting with Machakos county Government
- 22/07/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
COLEACP’s NExT Kenya (New Export Trade) programme has held a consultation meeting with the Machakos County Government through the Department of Trade, Industrialization and Innovation (DoTII), to discuss the potential areas of support to the county through the programme. The meeting took place on 19 July at COLEACP’s Nairobi implementation office. Present at the meeting were: Dr Chagema Kedera, NExT Kenya Programme Coordinator; Bruce Chemjor, COLEACP Project Manager; Dr James Mutuku Mutunga, DoTII, Machakos County Government; Dr Muema Wambua, Director,… +News digest: Agri-food markets and production
- 13/07/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Avocados, Bananas, Caribbean, News, Pacific, Peas, Pineapples, Potatoes
Global Increasing airfreight demand A report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) notes that air cargo demand is increasing by 12% a year. North American Airlines, and airlines in all other regions (Middle East, Africa) except for Latin America, contributed to this growth. The capacity is almost 10% below pre-Covid-19 levels due to the ongoing grounding of passenger aircraft. But freighters are continuing to be used in order to compensate the lack of available belly capacity. The supply chain… +COVID-19 virtual business survival bootcamp in Kenya
- 12/07/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a major impact on international trade particularly on the fruit and vegetable sector in the ACP States. In order to support companies in coping with the crisis, COLEACP in collaboration with the African Management Institute are proposing “”Business Survival Bootcamps””. The aim of the bootcamp is to provide companies with practical tools to plan and cope with the challenges resulting from the consequences of the pandemic. The bootcamp will include: A 90-minute interactive webinar led… +News digest: Covid-19
- 09/07/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, China, News, Pacific
Global Covid outbreak at Chinese port exacerbates global supply chain delays Weeks of disruption at one of the world’s largest container terminals in southern China have put a huge strain on the already-stretched global shipping industry, worsening supply chain delays around the world. Yantian terminal in Shenzhen closed for almost a week in late May after port workers tested positive for Covid-19. Weeks later, productivity has only recovered to about 70% of normal levels. The situation exposes the vulnerability of… +Use of the IPPC Hub – ePhyto in ACP countries
- 06/07/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
Image source: IPPC ePhyto Solutions (ephytoexchange.org) On 28 June COLEACP held an e-meeting on the use of the IPPC’s ePhyto (electronic phytosanitary certificate) in ACP countries. The aim was to give an overview of this tool to secure and facilitate exchanges of certificates between National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs). The IPPC ePhyto Solution consists of three main elements: A central server (Hub): to facilitate the transfer of electronic phytosanitary certificates between NPPOs, either from and to their own national electronic… +