Global Shea Alliance (Ghana) – Field Training Workshop on facilitation methods and tools
- 26/03/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana, News
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A Field Training Workshop for the Global Shea Alliance (GSA) aimed to develop participants’ capacity to transmit good practices in hygiene, traceability, crop protection and the safe use of pesticides to workers and/or small producers, as part of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme. Held from 8 to 12 March, the workshop was designed for producers and extension staff (NGO Cord of GSA who had previously taken part in training on “Crop protection”, “Good hygiene practices and traceability principles”, and “Food… +Group training on safe use of pesticides and crop protection
- 19/03/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
Face-to-face training on the safe use of pesticides and crop protection has just been launched in Nairobi as part of COLEACP’s NExT Kenya and Fit For Market programmes. The training, for technical and extension staff in charge of crop protection, aims to enable participants to recognise and identify pests and diseases; understand and select the most suitable crop protection methods, focusing on integrated pest management (IPM); understand the risks involved when using plant protection products such as chemicals and pesticides;… +Focusing on young people
- 17/03/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: News, Togo
COLEACP’S INCUBATOR FOR FUTURE TECHNICAL MANAGERS IN HORTICULTURAL COMPANIES IN TOGO In 2020, COLEACP started a new project in Togo – an incubator for horticultural technical managers. The project aims to help fill the gap in qualified technical staff on the Togolese job market (quality managers; packaging and production managers). This is achieved by training young graduates to enable them to become quickly operational for horticultural companies, through combining technical training and practical work experience in companies. The project was… +FRESH SALONE (Sierra Leone) – food Safety Management System and Training Needs Assessment
- 17/03/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Sierra Leone
FRESH SALONE recently benefitted from COLEACP Fit For Market programme support to realize an assessment of the company’s food safety management system and training needs. The expert, Mr. Emmanuel Owusu, used the GLOBALG.A.P version 5.4 to audit the FSMS of the company and provided a corrective action plan including the measures to be implemented. The training needs assessment identified the topics mastered by the company’s technical managers and those on which the staff would benefit from training. FRESH SALONE is… +Training on traceability for FENACOPAB
- 12/03/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Benin, News
Staff of the National Federation of Village Pineapple Producers Cooperatives of Benin (FENACOPAB) will receive COLEACP training on traceability and good hygiene practices. On completion of this training, participants will be able to implement a traceability system that is adapted to the local context of FENACOPAB, and that conforms with GLOBALG.A.P. requirements. This support is carried out within the framework of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme. FENACOPAB is the Beninese national umbrella organisation for pineapple producers’ cooperatives and agricultural service… +IPM support – NIANDA AGRICULTURE AND TRADING COMPANY (Sierra Leone)
- 11/03/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Sierra Leone
NIANDA AGRICULTURE AND TRADING has benefited from COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme support to analyse its current pest management system. COLEACP expert Mr Emmanuel Owusu carried out an overview of pest and disease status, and suggested solutions for the company to improve its integrated pest management. NIANDA is a Sierra Leonean company with a focus on fruit and vegetables (mangoes, passion fruit, okra, pepper, eggplant, etc.) sold on the local and export markets (fresh and frozen). Founded in 2011, the… +AGROSEAL LTD (Ghana) – implementation of a quality management system
- 27/02/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana, News
AGROSEAL LTD is currently receiving COLEACP Fit For Market support to implement a quality management system that complies with national and international requirements. This collaboration includes capacity building and support for the Agroseal team to develop a procedures manual. Agroseal is a Ghanaian agricultural trading company with a focus on fresh fruits and vegetables (pineapple, orange, okra, mango, etc.), which aims to empower smallholder farmers through innovation and technology to gain reliable access to higher-end markets, increasing incomes and reducing… +COLEACP’s new training in performance management for horticultural SMEs
- 18/02/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Chillies, Kenya, News
COLEACP has been providing training in performance management, effective communication and lean management principles for the senior managers of AAA Growers, one of Kenya’s leading exporters of premium and prepared vegetables and the country’s largest commercial grower and exporter of chillies. “For a firm, nothing can give more satisfaction than seeing your customers delighted, which can be due to the satisfaction they derive from the product or the customer service. To achieve this, the issues and concerns of the customers… +NExT Kenya: Business skills training for Flamingo extension staff
- 17/02/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Kenya
In December 2020, extension staff of Flamingo Horticulture Kenya Ltd, a large grower with various production sites (vegetables and flowers), participated in COLEACP training to assist the company’s outgrowers with book keeping and cost-benefit calculations. This was the second step in a series to introduce the concept to the small-scale outgrowers, which began in 2019. The training took place at the production areas in Nanyuki, Kenya, while Covid-19 measures were in place and strictly adhered to throughout the training. “This… +Kenya – Business skills training for Interveg’s extension staff
- 14/02/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
Extension staff of Interveg, Kenya are participating in training on book keeping and cost-benefit calculations. Interveg works with French bean outgrowers, and through this training extension staff will be better equipped to guide these farmers on how to use their land and resources as a business. The training is provided as part of COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme. The training will provide Interveg’s extension staff with the necessary background to coach farmers, with practical examples of cost-benefit analysis and record-keeping… +