• NExT programme in action in Kenya

    • 14/08/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    Discussions between COLEACP’s regional programme manager Yessie Meyer, project manager Wester Schepers and Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya’s CEO Okisegere Ojepat to explore synergies and collaboration opportunities through the new EU-funded NExT Kenya programme. Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPC KENYA) is one of the country’s fresh produce trade associations.… +
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  • Fit for Market programme in action at INSTAVEG Ltd

    • 03/08/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme is partnering with INSTAVEG Ltd in Embu, Kenya. Discussions are ongoing with managing director Ashibon Mwangi and his team to update their business plan in response to recent market evolutions and anticipate further investments in human resources, certification schemes and strategic infrastructure. INSTAVEG is currently working with 300 smallholder farmers to supply the Kenyan domestic market and European export market with high-quality, traceable and certified fresh vegetables.… +
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  • New collaboration with TAHA, NM-AIST and WORLDVEG

    • 25/06/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: News, Tanzania
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    This new collaboration will establish an accredited #Horticultural Practical Training Programme offering certificate and diploma courses in Tanzania and other countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA), the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg), and COLEACP.… +
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  • Enhancing kenyan horticultural exports: COLEACP’s new EU programme

    • 15/05/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Kenya, News
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    COLEACP’s new Nairobi-based programme, signed on 30 April, aims to increase the resilience, inclusiveness and sustainability of Kenyan horticultural value chains. The four-year, €5 million programme financed by the European Union through the EU delegation in Kenya, will aim to secure a lasting improvement in the capacity of all stakeholders in the Kenyan horticultural sector to adapt to evolving sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS), commercial, social and environmental requirements on local, regional and international markets. Implemented by a programme management unit… +
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  • How can large companies support their MSME partners?

    • 17/04/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: News
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    Business Fights Poverty, a business-led collaboration network focused on social impact, has launched a new Business and COVID-19 Response Centre and an Action Toolkit to provide practical steps large companies can take to support their MSME partners through the COVID-19 crisis. As MSMEs struggle, the impact on their communities is also significant as they are often the only source of goods and key services for the most poor and vulnerable populations. For large companies, who rely on MSMEs in their… +
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  • Validation workshop on the GLOBALGAP national interpretation guidelines version 5.2 (NIG) for Ghana

    • 19/03/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Ghana, News
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    A national stakeholders workshop on Ghana’s GLOBALG.A.P National Interpretation Guideline for Integrated Farm Assurance (IFA) 5.2 was held by the National Technical Working Group in collaboration with the GIZ – German International Cooperation, the Market Oriented Agriculture Programme (MOAP), Federation of Associations of Ghanaian Exporters – FAGE GHANA (FAGE), and Coleacp’s Fit for Market Programme (EU/ AFD – Agence Française de Développement). Discussions covered control points, compliance criteria and general regulations.… +
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  • COLEACP training to ghanian companies in the process of complying with GLOBALG.A.P

    • 11/03/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Ghana, News
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    As part of Coleacp’s “Fit for Market” programme, several ghanaian companies in the process of complying with GLOBALG.A.P. have been trained to understand the specificities of the EU premium market for vegetables in the context of voluntary standards such as GLOBALG.A.P.… +
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  • National workshop for the development of an action plan to strengthen the SPS control system for horticulture products exported to the EU from Zimbabwe

    • 10/03/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: News, Zimbabwe
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    As part of its Fit For Market programme, COLEACP and Zimbabwe’s Plant Quarantine and Plant Protection Services Institute held a workshop in Harare for key public and private actors in horticulture to identify priorities and build a 3-year action plan for compliance with the EU SPS regulations.… +
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  • Fit For Market programme: support EXCELLA PRODUCE Lts

    • 03/02/2020
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Avocados, Carrots, Chillies, Corn, French beans, Ginger, News, Passion fruit, Rwanda, Tomatoes
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    Rwandan company EXCELLA PRODUCE Lts produces fruit and vegetables – avocados, French beans, chillies, baby corn, carrots, tomatoes, ginger, passion fruit and broccoli – and wants to expand to EU markets. As part of its Fit for Market programme, Coleacp is supporting the company to establish a strong quality and food safety management system validated through GLOBALG.A.P. certification.… +
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