• Final evaluation of the FFM and FFM SPS programmes

    • 10/04/2024
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News
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    Final evaluation of the FFM and FFM SPS programmes   Launched in 2016 and 2019 respectively, the FFM and FFM SPS programmes have built on the valuable lessons learned from COLEAD’s previous initiatives, amongst other the Pesticides Initiative Programme (PIP & PIP2) and the Development of Food Safety Systems (EDES), funded by the European Union (EU), and the Organisations of ACP States (OACPS). With funding from the EU, the OACPS and the Agence Française de Développement (AFD) of €25 million… +
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  • Gabon, Maurice, Tanzania : FFM+ and AGRINFO presentations

    • 13/07/2023
    • Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
    • Category: Corp EN, Mauritius, Tanzania
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    Tanzania In March/April 2023, as part of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) program, members of COLEAD’s Technical Assistance department visited Tanzania to strengthen dialogue with partner beneficiaries and present the FFM+ programme. The local launch of the FFM+ programme and the informative event sparked in-depth discussions on the partners’ needs, resulting in a growing interest that translates into increased applications for support received. Gabon In April 2023, in collaboration with the Embassy of Gabon in Belgium, the COLEAD team… +
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  • COLEAD: a network and a toolbox

    • 11/04/2023
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    The development of a sustainable global food system is crucial to meet the challenges of reducing poverty and inequality, ensuring food security for all and protecting our planet. COLEAD aims to contribute to the agricultural sector’s transition towards more sustainable agri-food systems adapted to local contexts. COLEAD is a network of companies, professional organisations, experts, private and public partners working in the agricultural and food sector, the world of development and the transmission of knowledge and expertise. In practice, through… +
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  • FFM+ : Over 550 applications received from 45 member countries of the OACPS

    • 11/04/2023
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    As part of the implementation of the Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme, the COLEAD team has organized 6 virtual regional events and 20 national workshops since May 2022, bringing together a total of 1,600 participants. The team has also met with numerous potential partner-beneficiaries at trade fairs and conferences. Interested organisations were invited to fill out an application for support form available on the COLEAD website. The form is tailored to each type of organisation: production/processing companies, service providers,… +
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  • FFM+ launch reflects the new dynamics of the agricultural sector in Malawi

    • 11/04/2023
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Malawi, News
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    As part of the Fit for Market Plus (FFM+) programme, a COLEAD team visited Malawi in March. To date, 65 FFM+ applications for support have been received from this country. The mission was an opportunity to meet with FFM+ programme candidates and share the COLEAD/FFM+ offer. This is significantly more than in previous programmes. Specifically, FFM+ applications have been received from 47 horticultural MSMEs (producers, processors), 12 support structures for smallholder farmers, 5 service providers and 1 professional association. This… +
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  • MALI and BURKINA FASO: COLEAD and the EU in the fields

    • 11/04/2023
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Burkina Faso, Mali, News
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    The Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) programme was launched in Mali and Burkina Faso through the organization of two workshops in March. In total, 100 participants were present, including companies, professional organisations, cooperatives, service providers and competent authorities. At the event, the COLEAD team presented the evolution of EU market access requirements for fruit and vegetables, as well as the support opportunities available through the FFM+ programme, which aims to “mitigate the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening the… +
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  • Keeping AGRINFO subscribers up-to-date

    • 11/04/2023
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    AGRINFO is a new information programme on evolving EU policies, regulations and standards with potential impacts on agricultural value chains in low- and middle-income countries. This global programme, funded by the EU and implemented by COLEAD, covers food and commodity crops, livestock and fisheries. A key aspect of the new programme is disseminating clear and accessible information to all interested stakeholders. AGRINFO UPDATE is a regular email alert every 2 weeks. It lists the most recent EU regulatory and policy… +
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  • FFM+, already nearly 400 requests for support

    • 02/11/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, News, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Uganda
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    390 applications for support for the FFM+ programme
    To date, 390 applications for Fit For Market Plus (FFM+) support have been filed by various organisations from African, Caribbean and Pacific countries. In order to further promote this new programme and meet potential partner-beneficiaries, a series of launch events and activities have already been organised in Cameroon, Cote d’Ivoire, Ghana, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo and Uganda. More launch events will also be organised in the coming weeks and months. In Uganda, the launch of the FFM+ programme took… +
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  • STDF Cameroon project on Penja pepper concludes

    • 28/10/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Cameroon, News
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    Penja pepper has been grown in the volcanic soil of the Penja valley in the Njombé-Penja region, Cameroon, for about 50 years. It is considered one of the best peppers in the world, thanks to the unique taste created by the local volcanic soil. Cultivation of the crop is a major source of rural employment; almost all Penja pepper is produced by smallholders with less than 3 hectares of land. However, production of the pepper has faced sanitary and phytosanitary… +
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  • New and emerging plant health challenges at IPPC event in London

    • 28/10/2022
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: ACP EN, News
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    Plant health is a key factor in any strategy to achieve food security, protect the environment and biodiversity, and facilitate safe trade. The First International Plant Health Conference, held from 21–23 September 2022 in London, aimed to address new and emerging plant health challenges, including climate change impacts, the risks associated with significant increase in international trade, the rapid loss of biological diversity and new pest pathways, such as e-commerce, by exploring more efficient national, regional and global policies, structures… +
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