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COLEACP mission under FFM and FFM SPS programmes to Uganda
COLEACP mission under FFM and FFM SPS programmes to Uganda: visits of beneficiaries from public and private sector to analyse their application for support, develop and validate a list of priority actions
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GROUP TRAINING ON ORGANIC AGRICULTURE
As part of its Fit For Market programme, COLEACP organised group training on organic agriculture over 3 days in Ijebu Ode (#Nigeria). Participants learned about the main principles of organic agriculture, and how it presents both advantages and constraints for companies. The classes were very interactive, and the training offered a space for networking opportunities and exchange of business information. A field visit to Tinwot Organic Farm enabled participants to see organic production at first hand.
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FIT FOR MARKET PROGRAMME IN GHANA
As part of its Fit for Market programme, COLEACP organised training in Ghana for technical and extension staff, to develop their capacity to pass on good practices in hygiene, traceability, crop protection and safe use of pesticides to workers and/or small-scale producers. Trainees were those responsible for production, pest control methods and phytosanitary treatments, as well as quality traceability managers and packaging managers of horticultural companies. Participants built on previous COLEACP training on Crop Protection and Safe Use of Pesticides and/or Food Safety Management. This training was based on COLEACP’s Field Training Workshop method. The method, designed in a simple and imaginative way around specific topics, helps trainees understand the good practices they need to employ in production and processing to ensure their produce complies with standards and regulatory requirements.
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WORKSHOP ON ESTABLISHMENT OF AGRO-INDUSTRIES
In Luanda, COLEACP participated in a workshop on the establishment of agro-industries, organised by Consórcio Rede Camponesa (CRC, Consortium of Farmer Networks). We took the opportunity to present our strategy to support the horticultural sector and strengthen the capacity of producers, improving their connection to national, regional and international fruit and vegetable markets.
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GROUP TRAINING ON CROP PROTECTION AND SAFE USE OF PESTICIDES
In October 2019 COLEACP organised group training on “Crop Protection and Safe Use of Pesticides” in Arusha, for technical staff and extensionists of Tanzanian companies and cooperatives. While in Tanzania our experts held fruitful discussions with representatives of the agricultural sector, including Mr Katemani, Ms Lightness Christopher Muro and Ms Dorah John Amuli from the Plant Health Services; and Mrs Shukrani Mdegela from the Wood Africa Foundation.
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COLLECTIVE TRAINING ON FOOD SAFETY MANAGEMENT
After the success of the "Hygiene and traceability" training in may, COLEACP organized a 4 days training on “Food safety management", from 2d to 5th September in #Zimbabwe. This training, rich in sharing and discovery, was a great success both on a human and intellectual level.
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FIELD TRAINING WORKSHOP METHOD
COLEACP organised a training in Zimbabwe on its Field Training Workshop method. The method, designed in a simple and imaginative way around specific topics, helps trainees understand the good practices they need to employ in production and processing to ensure their produce complies with standards and regulatory requirements. The trainees were mainly technical and extension staff of Zimbabwean horticultural companies. Participants in Field Training Workshops can learn how to sensitize workers and small-scale producers about good hygiene practices, traceability, crop protection and the safe use of pesticides – and to practice these themselves. Companies that wish to benefit from this in-company coaching are invited to express their interest.
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COLEACP's SUSTAINABILITY SELF-ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
Lucy Agricultural Development plc in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, has recently received support with COLEACP’s Sustainability Self-Assessment System. As part of its Fit For Market programme, COLEACP coaches beneficiaries the first time they fill out the online system – when they come to update, they will complete it themselves.
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FIT FOT MARKET PROGRAMME IN GHANA
COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme has helped Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited to start exporting sweet potatoes to the Netherlands. The company is a producer and processor of food crops, including sweet potatoes, a developing sector in Ghana. With COLEACP’s support, Maphlix Trust Ghana Limited has put in place a quality management system to ensure a traceable and quality product.
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HORIZONS MAGAZINE
Sustainability Focus, Meetings and Trends that are the latest news from COLEACP and its programmes.Available here!Enjoy your reading!
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Call for tenders!
Remember to consult COLEACP’s call for tenders regularly. They are published on the COLEACP e-services website.
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VISIT TO RUNGIS BY THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT
We accompanied the Cameroonian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr. Henri Eyebe Ayissi, and his delegation on a visit to Rungis Market, the largest fresh produce market in the world. Mr Jean-Marie Sop, COLEACP Administrator, and Guy Stinglhamber, COLEACP General Delegate, took the opportunity of this visit to review the many ongoing activities of COLEACP in Cameroon.