• Madagascar: Assessment of SAHANALA’s quality management system and FSSC 22000 standard’ s training

    • 16/08/2023
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Corp EN, News
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    To address the increasing request for dried ginger and improve current practices, SAHANALA has received support from COLEAD as part of its Fit for Market SPS programme. The aim was to establish a sanitary quality management system to obtain Food Safety System Certification (FSSC) 22000 certification for ginger processing. The FSSC 22000 standard provides a certification model that ensures food safety standards and processes throughout the food supply chain. The first step of the mission, overseen by an expert from… +
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  • Meetings with Malagasy universities and research centres

    • 28/11/2022
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Madagascar
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    During a mission organised to launch the Fit For Market+ programme in Madagascar, a COLEACP team met with professors from the entomology and chemistry departments of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Tananarive, the Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques (Agriculture and Sustainable Development Department) and the Ecole Supérieure Professionnelle Agricole de Bevalala, in order to discuss collaboration opportunities. Claire Perez, a project manager in COLEACP’s Training Department, presented COLEACP’s e-learning training platform and the e-Library to undergraduate and… +
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  • Madagascar: Support for the implementation of technical workflows for organic banana and passion fruit production

    • 21/09/2022
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Madagascar, News
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    HavaMad, a Madagascan fruit processing company producing certified organic fruit juices and purees, has recently received technical support from the Fit For Market SPS programme, in the form of input from experts from both Reunion and the Tamatave Horticultural Technical Centre, Madagascar. The company wished to revise its workflow to produce passion fruit and also diversify into banana production. HavaMad also wished to continue the support initiated in February 2020 concerning the production of the passion fruit variety Galea. For… +
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  • Madagascar: Support for the start-up of a cassava flour production plant

    • 30/08/2022
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Madagascar
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    Located in the commune of Tsianisiha, Madagascar, the mission of Malakass is to contribute to the development of the cassava sector in the Atsimo-Andrefana region of Madagascar. The company plans to process cassava into flour for sale on both local and international markets. In July 2022, the company, being in the process of completing the installation of an industrial unit and preparing to launch the first trials, benefited from a visit from Togolese COLEACP experts to improve the process to… +
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  • Madagascar: Working week for the implementation of COLEACP R-SAT tool

    • 11/02/2022
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    A workshop was held at the beginning of February in Madagascar, bringing together private and public stakeholders involve in the “dry grain” sector, to discuss the implementation of COLEACP’s Rapid SPS Assessment Tool (R-SAT).… +
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  • Madagascar: 6th event on CSR and Sustainable Development Initiatives

    • 01/07/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Madagascar, News
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    COLEACP is one of the supporting partners of the 6th edition of the Salon RSE et des IDD, Madagascar’s exhibition for corporate social responsibility and sustainable development initiatives, which will be held on 15 and 16 July 2021. The theme of this year’s event is “Partnerships for sustainable development”. During the two days, discussions will focus on climate change and strategic community investments. Co-organised by Ur-CSR and BuyYourWay, under the sponsorship of the Ministry of the Environment and Sustainable Development… +
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  • Support to ESSA Working Group on the development of new training courses on SPS issues

    • 02/12/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Madagascar, News
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    As part of its Fit For Market Programme, COLEACP is supporting Ecole Supérieure des Sciences Agronomiques (ESSA) in the development of new modules or training courses on SPS themes. The aim of this support is to assist the working group set up at ESSA in its deliberations on the integration of specific modules on “sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS)” issues into the training of students, either by adapting existing courses or by developing a new training offer. ESSA is the only… +
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