Dominican Republic – First Strategic Workshop on the National Sanitary and Phytosanitary Policy: SPS policy development is a cornerstone of the One Health approach of the SIA project
- 06/05/2025
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
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The Sanidad e Innovación Agropecuaria (SIA) project, implemented by COLEAD on behalf of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Dominican Republic, reached an important milestone in April 2025 with the organisation of the first workshop dedicated to the development of the National Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Policy and Strategic Guidelines. This ambitious project, financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) through loan IDB 4909/OC-DR, began in May 2024. It aims to strengthen the country’s institutional and technical capacities around the… +The SIA (Sanidad e Innovación Agropecuaria) project, a collaboration between COLEAD and the Dominican Ministry of Agriculture, has made significant progress since its launch this year
- 20/12/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
Funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), the initiative aims to transform the food safety management and control system and improve the competitiveness of the Dominican Republic’s agricultural sector. Progress and achievements By the end of the first quarter 2025, all 46 planned activities will have started , ensuring a structured and rapid implementation of the project’s objectives. The project team consists of 17 experts from six countries (Chile, Spain, Belgium, Argentina, Honduras and the Dominican Republic) who bring a… +First COLEAD mission to the Dominican Republic as part of the new IDB-funded SIA project
- 10/06/2024
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News
First COLEAD mission to the Dominican Republic as part of the new IDB-funded SIA project From 20 to 30 May, COLEAD carried out a mission in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, as part of the launch of the SIA Project (Sanidad e Innovacion Agropecuaria). This project has been officially signed with the Dominican Ministry of Agriculture and is funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). The overall objective of the project is to improve food safety and the competitiveness of the… +Dominican Republic: Training in organic farming in La Vega
- 12/09/2022
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Caribbean, News
In an environment surrounded by nature, ideal for disconnecting from the hustle and bustle of cities and professional obligations, training in organic agriculture was held from 20–24 June 2022 at the La Vega Cooperative Club House with 12 participants from a variety of backgrounds. These included participants from a company in San Francisco de Macoris (2), associations of banana producers (3) and other organic crops (1), representatives of the Departments of Organic Agriculture (2), Extension (1) and Plant Health (1)… +News digest: Agri-food markets and production
- 13/07/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Africa, Avocados, Bananas, Caribbean, News, Pacific, Peas, Pineapples, Potatoes
Global Increasing airfreight demand A report from the International Air Transport Association (IATA) notes that air cargo demand is increasing by 12% a year. North American Airlines, and airlines in all other regions (Middle East, Africa) except for Latin America, contributed to this growth. The capacity is almost 10% below pre-Covid-19 levels due to the ongoing grounding of passenger aircraft. But freighters are continuing to be used in order to compensate the lack of available belly capacity. The supply chain… +Calls For Expression Of Interest
- 16/04/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, Dominican Republic, News, Nigeria, Rwanda, Zimbabwe
COLEACP is launching four new calls for tenders concerning the provision of “Support to the COLEACP team for the implementation and monitoring of COLEACP programme activities” in Rwanda (ref. 211196); Dominican Republic (ref. 211195); Zimbabwe (ref. 211194) and Nigeria (ref. 211193). You will find below all information related to this service procurement notice, including the terms of reference (point 8. Objective, description and resources required). Please note that only successful candidates in this first phase will be invited for the… +Caribbean: Business management training on market access
- 13/04/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Caribbean
COLEACP’s latest Business Management and Development training in the Caribbean will focus on “Market access: How to make an informed business decision regarding the market to target”. The four-week training is intended for managers/directors of companies or farmers’ organisations operating in the local informal market, or in an informal way, who want to expand their activities to more formal, high-end (international) markets. Professional associations providing advice on this to their members can also participate. The current group of participants are… +Dominican Republic: JAD-COLEACP webinar 3 on tools and partners for exporting to Europe
- 11/03/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Caribbean, News
COLEACP is collaborating with the Dominican Agroenterprise Board (Junta Agroempresarial Dominicana, JAD) to present a webinar series on market access for processed products in the pineapple, mango and avocado sectors. The webinars are part of the CALIFRUP project, “Quality enhancement for the development of MSMEs in the processed fruit value chain”. The third webinar, on 10 March, emphasised the importance for exporters and processor of figuring out from the start the type of market they want to conquer. This strategy… +Dominican Republic – webinar 2 co-organised by COLEACP and JAD
- 18/02/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Dominican Republic, News
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… +Dominican Republic: JAD-COLEACP webinars
- 02/02/2021
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Avocados, Dominican Republic, Mangoes, News, Pineapples
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 first webinar, on “The international market for processed products”,… +