New Training-of-Trainers in Crop Protection for Kenyan experts
- 16/12/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Kenya, News
No CommentsDue 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 COVID-19 for SMEs
- 01/10/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Kenya, News
COLEACP organised a remote training course on “COVID-19” for partner companies of the NExT Kenya programme in July 2021. The target audience for this two-week digital training included quality and production managers of Kenyan horticultural SMEs. The training aimed at ensuring that people working throughout the value chain, from the field to the market, are able to work in complete safety in the context of the pandemic, thus allowing them to maintain a sufficient level of food production and affordable… +Kenya: Revamped National Horticulture Taskforce gets to work
- 30/09/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Kenya, News
The public-private National Horticulture Taskforce has been strengthened to enable it to take a more active role in providing an enabling environment and consultative guidance to the horticultural sector in Kenya. Private-sector members of the taskforce are drawn from various organisations, including the Fresh Produce Exporters Association of Kenya (FPEAK), the Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPC Kenya), the Kenya Flower Council (KFC), and the Agrochemicals Association of Kenya (AAK). The government presence in the taskforce includes representation from the… +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… +A MoU signature between KEPHIS and COLEACP under the NExT Kenya programme
- 10/05/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
As part of its responsibility to assure the quality of agricultural inputs and produce to prevent adverse impact on the economy, the environment and human health, Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) on 7 May 2021 signed a MoU with COLEACP under the NExT Kenya Programme. This partnership will help KEPHIS to roll out capacity building towards a risk-based approach to export inspections which takes into consideration the harmful organisms, the performance of the grower/exporter, and the systems approaches to… +