• Import controls on fresh fruit and vegetables in Europe: The example of Belgium

    • 21/04/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    An upcoming online session on key plant health issues affecting National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) and stakeholders in the fruit and vegetable sector of ACP countries will address “How import controls of fresh fruit and vegetables are carried out in Europe – example of Belgium – main implications and challenges”. In this webinar, on 4 May, NPPOs from member states of the East African Community (EAC) and the Caribbean Agricultural Health and Food Safety Agency (CAHFSA) will outline the experiences… +
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  • Establishing and updating national lists of regulated pests

    • 21/04/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
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    COLEACP has been holding a series of e-meetings on sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) issues with National Plant Protection Organisations (NPPOs) from ACP countries. The latest meeting, on 15 April, focused on “Establishment and update of regulated pest lists in ACP countries – main implications and challenges”. This interactive session allocated time for the exchange of information and experiences between the speakers, participants and the COLEACP team. A representative from the International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) gave a short introduction explaining… +
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  • PAFO–COLEACP four-week Online trainings in April – crop protection and safe use of pesticides

    • 18/03/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: Africa, News
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    PAFO (the Pan-African Farmers’ Organization) and COLEACP are collaborating on online trainings on ‘Crop protection and safe use of pesticides’, to be held over four weeks in April. The E-trainings are designed for farmers, technical staff, agronomists and extension workers (who must be PAFO members), who want to learn about the principles and skills relating to integrated crop protection and safe pesticide use. There will be one two-hour webinar each week during April, with French and English versions running in… +
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  • Dominican Republic – webinar 2 co-organised by COLEACP and JAD

    • 18/02/2021
    • Posted by: Sandra Borma
    • Category: Dominican Republic, News
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    In collaboration with the Dominican Agroenterprise Board (Junta Agroempresarial Dominicana, JAD), COLEACP is organising a series of webinars on market access for processed products in the pineapple, mango and avocado sectors. These are part of the CALIFRUP project “Quality enhancement for the development of MSMEs in the processed fruit value chain”, which aims to support the strategy of value chain development and, specifically, to strengthen the processed fruit value chain. The second webinar, on 17 February, focused on regulatory and… +
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  • VIEW THE WEBINAR: INNOVATION SERIES – SESSION N°2 – GROW LOCAL: CONQUERING LOCAL MARKETS

    • 15/02/2021
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: News
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    The second session of the Pan African Farmers Organization (PAFO)-COLEACP Innovation Series, held on 21 January, focused on ‘Grow local: Conquering local markets’. You can view the whole session in French and English. 07:03 Jeremy KNOPS, General Delegate, COLEACP 17:41 Affiong WILLIAMS, Founder & CEO, Reelfruit, Nigeria 28:29 Catherine KROBO EDUSEI, Managing Director, Eden Tree Limited, Ghana 40:58 Komi AGBOKOU, President and Founder, Choco Togo 56:27 Bertille Guèdègbé MARCOS, Les Jus Tillou, Benin 01:09:29 Escipión OLIVEIRA GOMEZ, Assistant Secretary-General, Dept… +
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  • International Trade Fairs 2021: Expected participation of COLEACP and partners

    • 17/12/2020
    • Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
    • Category: News
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    Supporting companies attending international trade fairs in the horticultural sector is one of the activities of COLEACP’s Business Development department. In November and December 2020 we asked COLEACP members and partners to let us know which trade fairs they would like to participate in during 2021, to help us prepare for our future participation in trade fairs and other professional events, in person and virtually. The international trade fairs have adapted to the Covid-19 situation by developing new ways of… +
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  • New: PAFO-COLEACP Innovation Series

    • 28/10/2020
    • Posted by: Emmanuel Bourcelet
    • Category: Africa, News
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    Innovations and successes of African farmer-led businesses and SMEs PAFO-COLEACP Innovation Series – First online meeting: took place the 19th November 2020. To improve production, processing and trade, it is critical to assess, showcase and upscale existing innovations created or adopted by farmers’ organisations and SMEs. This first session of the Innovation Series has presented successful African cooperatives, SMEs and enterprises on value-added and branded products that can increase opportunities in more lucrative markets. They discussed successful chain models and… +
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