• News digest: COP26, climate change and food systems

    • 26/10/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    What’s happening at COP26? You can view the overall schedule and themes here. What events are relevant to food systems? As well as the international negotiations, there are many “Green Zone” events and side events. The following selection focuses on natural resources, agriculture, and the ACP regions. Green Zone You can join these events virtually by subscribing to the COP26 YouTube channel. Links to each free live stream will be found on the Green Zone webpage. Date in November Time… +
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  • Rural women – heroes and role models – are not celebrated enough

    • 15/10/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Angola, Caribbean, Ghana, Kenya, Liberia, News, Nigeria, Pacific, Somalia, Tanzania, Uganda, Zimbabwe
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    Did you know? “Rural women make up a quarter of the world’s population and work as farmers, entrepreneurs or agricultural workers” United Nations. To celebrate the International Day of Rural Women (15 October) and World Food Day (16 October), COLEACP joins the UN in celebrating the resilience of rural women in the wake of Covid-19. The pandemic has affected most sectors, and many are still struggling to recover. Agriculture is no exception, especially the women in this sector. According to… +
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  • Field training on technical itineraries for mango production in Guinea-Bissau

    • 13/04/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Guinea, News
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    On April 13, 2021, under the WACOMP – Guinea-Bissau, funded by União Europeia na Guiné-Bissau and implemented by UNIDO-United Nations Industrial Development Organization, training on Technical Itinerarios was started for the production of mango. Training is directed at #manga technicians in Guinea-Bissau, in particular: cooperatives, agricultural companies, community leaders, agricultural technicians, mango producers and model farmers. 15 technicians from different national partner organizations of the #WACOMP-GB project participate in this training. In the course of training, trainees will pay a… +
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  • News digest: Policy

    • 18/03/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    Revue de presse : politique
    Global New Director-General of World Trade Organization Nigerian Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the first woman and the first African to lead the WTO, took office on 1 March (WTO News, 5 March). Among her first actions were meetings with the Group of Least Developed Countries as well as the Friends of the System, an alliance of small and mid-sized members from different regions and development levels that are committed to a well-functioning multilateral trading system. A top priority will be to… +
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