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Mali: New market profile of dried mango and mango juice
- 15/12/2021
- Posted by: Zuzana Majeska
- Category: Mali, Mangoes, News
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A new market profile of dried mango and mango juice from Mali looks at the local, regional and European markets to identify potential opportunities for product diversification. The report, supported by the Fit For Market programme, was developed by COLEACP’s Market Intelligence service. The dried mango export market is growing, particularly with demand for certified organic and Fairtrade products. South Africa is the main exporter of dried mango with an estimated market share of 50%. After Asian countries, the West… + -
Just published: COLEACP Annual Report 2020
- 05/08/2021
- Posted by: Zuzana Majeska
- Category: Africa, Caribbean, News, Pacific
The Annual Report 2020 of COLEACP and its programmes is now online here. The report focuses on the digitalisation of our activities. In 2020 Covid-19 made our daily lives more fragile – but also accelerated our activities, our local anchoring, and our use of digital tools. We have continued to deliver the planned support to our partners across the OACPS countries by helping to mitigate the negative impacts of Covid-19 on their production and marketing of horticultural products. “The Covid-19… + -
Mali: Mango exporter ETS Yaffa & Frères benefits from a business loan
- 19/07/2021
- Posted by: Zuzana Majeska
- Category: Africa, Mali, Mangoes
The ABC Fund (Agri-Business Capital) recently provided loans to three African agri-businesses to support their working capital needs and expansion, enabling higher rural employment and securing market access for farmers in their respective sectors (African Farming, 3 June). Image source : ETS Yaffa et Frères One of the successful companies is COLEACP member Etablissement Yaffa & Frères, one of the largest local fresh mango exporters in Mali. Yaffa has been a member of COLEACP since 2007, and over the past… + -
Nairobi: International Avocado Congress
- 27/05/2021
- Posted by: Zuzana Majeska
- Category: Africa, Avocados, Kenya, News
The International Africa Avocado Congress – Avocado Africa 2021 – will be held in Nairobi on 23–25 June. The Avocado Society of Kenya (ASOK) organises the congress in collaboration with other regional and international organisations in the avocado value chain in Africa and beyond. The event, with the theme “Avocado Africa: A convergence of technology and business for increased competitiveness and trade”, is a platform specifically aimed at stimulating trade, technology, knowledge transfer and sharing, and will draw avocado sector… + -
NExT Kenya – Live update
- 30/04/2021
- Posted by: Gaetan Dermien
- Category: Kenya
Successful digital status event of the NExT Kenya programme On 29th of April, COLEACP hosted a digital event on its 5-million EUR NExT Kenya programme, funded through the EU to enhance Kenya’s horticultural exports. 150 participants had the opportunity to listen to our high-level panelists, to find out what has happened in the first year of the programme and how to partner with the programme. Following speakers all shared their views on the current challenges and opportunities of the Kenyan… + -
Finding alternatives to control priority pests and diseases
- 17/02/2021
- Posted by: Zuzana Majeska
- Category: Africa, Avocados, Capsicum, Caribbean, Kenya, Mangoes, News, Pacific
Research & Innovation activities at COLEACP aim to ensure that solutions are available to farmers to tackle priority pests and diseases Challenges following EU ban on PPPs Every year, the use of many plant protection products (PPPs) is affected by regulatory changes – that is, changes in approvals and Maximum Residue Limits (MRLs). This has a direct impact on producers who often must change production methods (good agricultural practices – GAP) to comply with the new rules. Any non-compliances can… + -
E-workshop on the implementation of an internal audit system
- 24/09/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Ghana, News, Sierra Leone, Uganda, Zimbabwe
As part of #COLEACP’s Fit For Market SPS programme, a e-workshop on “Implementation of an internal audit system” was held on 23 September. The virtual session gathered NPPO internal audit managers from Ghana, Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zimbabwe. During the workshop, facilitated by the expert Samuel Muchemi with participation by COLEACP’s Regional Programme Managers, the country representatives shared their experiences and the status of their country’s system, along with challenges and the way forward. Before the workshop, the internal audit… + -
NExT programme in action in Kenya
- 14/08/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
Discussions between COLEACP’s regional programme manager Yessie Meyer, project manager Wester Schepers and Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya’s CEO Okisegere Ojepat to explore synergies and collaboration opportunities through the new EU-funded NExT Kenya programme. Fresh Produce Consortium of Kenya (FPC KENYA) is one of the country’s fresh produce trade associations.… + -
Fit for Market programme in action at INSTAVEG Ltd
- 03/08/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: Kenya, News
COLEACP’s Fit For Market programme is partnering with INSTAVEG Ltd in Embu, Kenya. Discussions are ongoing with managing director Ashibon Mwangi and his team to update their business plan in response to recent market evolutions and anticipate further investments in human resources, certification schemes and strategic infrastructure. INSTAVEG is currently working with 300 smallholder farmers to supply the Kenyan domestic market and European export market with high-quality, traceable and certified fresh vegetables.… + -
New collaboration with TAHA, NM-AIST and WORLDVEG
- 25/06/2020
- Posted by: Sandra Borma
- Category: News, Tanzania
This new collaboration will establish an accredited #Horticultural Practical Training Programme offering certificate and diploma courses in Tanzania and other countries in Eastern and Southern Africa. The Memorandum of Understanding was signed by the Tanzania Horticultural Association (TAHA), the Nelson Mandela African Institution of Science and Technology (NM-AIST), the World Vegetable Center (WorldVeg), and COLEACP.… +
