2021 December
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Fit For Market+: a new EU-OACPS programme
- 21/12/2021
- Posted by: Team COLEACP
- Category: Uncategorized
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Fit For Market, “plus” mitigating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic by strengthening the sustainability of the ACP horticultural sector
From 2022 COLEACP will implement a new EU/OACPS-funded programme that builds on 20 years’ achievements to confront the unprecedented challenges … + -
News digest: COVID-19
- 20/12/2021
- Posted by: Team COLEACP
- Category: Uncategorized
Covid-19
Europe
EU countries move to restrict air travel from southern Africa over new COVID variant
Concerns over a new COVID-19 variant detected in South Africa have prompted fresh travel restrictions in Italy and Germany on as Brussels considers EU-wide… + -
EU approval not renewed for four key PPPs and other changes notified to WTO
- 16/12/2021
- Posted by: Team COLEACP
- Category: Non classé
Key points
Famoxadone is no longer approved within the European Union (EU) as of September 2021.
EU approval was not renewed for acrinathrin, prochloraz and indoxacarb and will expire at the end of December 2021.
The EU has also notified… + -
Update on EU MRL changes
- 15/12/2021
- Posted by: Team COLEACP
- Category: Non classé
Key points
Since the start of 2021, there have been European Union (EU) maximum residue level (MRL) changes concerning 123 plant protection products (PPPs), compared with 59 in 2020. These changes refer to modifications to the previous regulation, and can… + -
COLEACP training-of-trainers: “From face-to-face to distance learning”
- 15/12/2021
- Posted by: Team COLEACP
- Category: Uncategorized
In 2020, due to Covid-19 restrictions, it became urgently necessary to develop digital tools and distance learning methods.
COLEACP mobilised quickly, and in April 2020 a training course on the basics of digital training was organised urgently for COLEACP’s ACP… + -
News digest: Agri-food systems and sustainability
- 07/12/2021
- Posted by: Team COLEACP
- Category: Non classé
Agri-food and climate
AfricaVoices from the AGRF 2021 Summit call for pathways to recovery and resilient food systems
The AGRF 2021 Summit, was a critical gathering of global and African voices. Designed to outline, discuss and validate commitments to, and… + -
News digest: Agri-food markets, production and trade
- 06/12/2021
- Posted by: Team COLEACP
- Category: Non classé
Agri-food
Africa
Rwanda: Rwanda plans to double its lending to agriculture
Rwanda plans to double its lending to the agricultural sector from 5.2 to 10.4% by 2024. The goal is to modernise agriculture, which now accounts for one-third of Rwanda’s… +
