Togo: Training on Food Safety Management for ICAT’supervisors
- 03/11/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Togo
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A training course on Health Quality Management was organised from 26 to 29 October 2021 for supervisors of the Institute for Technical Advice and Support (ICAT). The training, which took place face-to-face in Lomé, was organised through the STDF project to strengthen Togo’s SPS system. It involved 15 participants and focused on product traceability, good hygiene practices, risk analysis, the principles of self-checking, regulatory requirements, and document management. The supervisors who took part in the training are now better able… +Six new Good Practice Guides – Updates
- 16/09/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Benin, Guinea, Kenya, Togo, Uganda
During 2021 COLEACP is providing a team of expert consultants to support national/regional initiatives to develop Good Practice Guides for horticultural value chains. These Guides are being developed, disseminated and kept up to date by stakeholders within each value chain. They are not COLEACP publications – they are written, owned and published by the professionals, within each country/region and crop sector, who will inform and use them. Stakeholders in the sector who take on this task receive practical support throughout… +Togo: young people honoured at closing of “Incubator for technical managers” project
- 29/07/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Togo
The closing event of the “incubator for technical managers” project, implemented in Togo from June 2020 to February 2021, took place on 10 June 2021. The project was set up by COLEACP in collaboration with Togolese companies in the framework of the Standards and Trade Development Facility (STDF) Togo Project. Other partners who were involved in the occasion included the European Union Delegation, the German development agency (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit, GIZ), the Plant Protection Directorate (DPV) of Togo… +Workshop to launch drafting of good practice guide for leafy vegetables in Togo
- 19/07/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Togo
On 9 July, a launch workshop was organised in the framework of the drafting of a sectoral guide of good practices for the leafy vegetable value chain in Togo. This meeting, which brought together about 50 participants from different organisations (APROTELF, DPV, DFV, ICAT, ITRA, FENOMAT, companies), aimed on the one hand to raise awareness among stakeholders on the objectives and interest of a guide for the leafy vegetable sector in Togo; and on the other hand, to present the… +Meeting of the Steering Committee of the STDF Togo Project
- 29/06/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Togo
A meeting of the Steering Committee of the “Project to strengthen the national phytosanitary control and certification system for fruits and vegetables in Togo” took place on 25 June in Lomé. The meeting brought together 14 participants, including the seven members of the COPIL, the National Coordinator of the project, and the COLEACP relay in Togo. The meeting reviewed the level of achievement of activities since the project’s launch in November 2018; discussed the problems currently experienced by the fruit… +Promoting dialogue between Togo’s DPV and horticultural exporters
- 14/06/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Togo
COLEACP supported the organisation of a meeting between the Plant Protection Directorate (DPV) of Togo and fruit & vegetable exporting companies in Lomé from 1 to 2 June 2021. The meeting aimed to promote public-private dialogue and to improve communication dynamics and relations between the DPV and operators. Discussions focused on the interception of leafy vegetables exported from Togo to the EU and the urgent measures taken to solve the problem; the ongoing development of a Good Practice Guide for… +Start of the 2021 mango season in Togo – a reminder of the mango dossier
- 07/05/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Togo
On 7 May, in collaboration with the Direction de la Protection des Végétaux du Togo (DPV), COLEACP organised a virtual workshop for the start of the 2021 mango campaign. The workshop brought together 24 participants from horticultural companies and organisations (including the DPV, Direction des Filières Végétales, GIZ/ProDRA, Interprofession mango), aiming to remind exporters of the main points of the mango dossier before the start of the 2021 campaign in Togo. Discussions focused on the key points of the dossier,… +APROTELF workshop
- 15/03/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Togo
A workshop of the Association of Producers, Processors and Exporters of Vegetables and Fruits of Togo (APROTELF), with about 30 participants, was held on 15 March in Lomé. This workshop, which was part of the revitalisation of APROTELF, aimed to learn about the needs and expectations of companies. Participants discussed the actions needed to support the association to offer appropriate and useful services to its members, while working effectively to promote and defend the interests of the fruit and vegetable… +