• News digest: Agri-food markets and production

    • 13/07/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Avocados, Bananas, Caribbean, News, Pacific, Peas, Pineapples, Potatoes
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    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… +
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  • Calls For Expression Of Interest

    • 16/04/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, News, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zimbabwe
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    COLEACP is launching four new calls for tenders concerning the provision of “Support to the COLEACP team for the implementation and monitoring of COLEACP programme activities” in Rwanda (ref. 211196); Dominican Republic (ref. 211195); Zimbabwe (ref. 211194) and Nigeria (ref. 211193). You will find below all information related to this service procurement notice, including the terms of reference (point 8. Objective, description and resources required). Please note that only successful candidates in this first phase will be invited for the… +
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  • Nigeria – DANGOTE engaged in progressive training sessions

    • 12/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Nigeria
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    COLEACP’s Field Training Workshop method – training for Dangote Farms At the end of January, COLEACP facilitated training on crop protection, safe use of pesticides and the Field Training Worksohp method for Dangote Farms Limited in Nigeria. The company grows tomatoes with over 5,000 smallholders in the area around Kano, processing the crop into tomato paste for the domestic market. The extension staff who took part in the training are planning to make use of the skills they acquired to… +
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  • Capacity building – setting up a documented food safety management system

    • 09/12/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Nigeria
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    Over recent months, COLEACP has been piloting a remote training approach to provide capacity building for Nigerian consultants on setting up and managing a documented food safety management system that is compliant with international food safety standards, in this case with a practical focus on GLOBALG.A.P. option 1 for operators in the fruit and vegetables sector (V.5.2). The training uses a combination of asynchronous remote learning via COLEACP’s existing e-learning modules, combined with specific synchronous training sessions to dive deeper… +
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  • The Dual Vocational Training Business Summit – COLEACP’s contribution on digitalisation

    • 01/12/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Nigeria
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    The Delegation of German Industry and Commerce in Nigeria (AHK Nigeria), in collaboration with GIZ and Don Bosco, held its second Dual Vocational Training Business Summit and Skills Conference in early December. The first summit in 2019 hosted around 150 business and political representatives. The objective of the 2020 Skills Summit was to continue and deepen the discussion through a focus on the agriculture and health sectors. In the context of the challenges faced during the coronavirus crisis, it also… +
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  • Impacts of Covid-19 on the horticultural sector in Nigeria

    • 18/09/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Nigeria
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    In June, COLEACP conducted surveys to learn from our members and partners in the horticultural sector about the impacts of the current health and economic crisis throughout March–May. Key points: The majority of respondents (64%) saw orders for March–May reduced by more than 25%, with 35% seeing a reduction of over 50% of orders; about a fifth of companies saw a positive increase in sales. Almost half of respondents received higher prices for their produce in comparison with 2019; only… +
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  • COLEACP visits of beneficiaries from public and private sector

    • 27/01/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Mission sheet, News, Nigeria
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    COLEACP mission under FFM and FFM SPS programmes to Nigeria: visits of beneficiaries from public and private sector to analyze their application for support, develop and validate a list of priority actions. Reminder of the mission Country Nigeria Programmes Fit For Market Fit For Market SPS Experts Jeremy Knops, COLEACP General Delegate, Marie-Hélène Kestemont, COLEACP Regional Programme Manager Vincent Berthet COLEACP Project managers Wester Schepers COLEACP Project managers Calendar From 14.01.2020 to 24.01.2020 Post-mission Sheet Nigeria- FFM – FFM SPS… +
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