In 2021, OECD Fruit and Vegetables Scheme and COLEACP launched the Fruit and Vegetables Industry Series to highlight the significance of the sector and to celebrate the United Nations 2021 International Year of Fruits and Vegetables (F&V).
The series aims… +

Changes to EU pesticide maximum residue levels
Since the start of 2022, we have been highlighting significant changes to EU MRLs that affect 23 active substances, 9 of which are important for ACP export horticulture.
The European Commission has also… +

Two recent webinars focused on agrifood businesses in the Caribbean and Africa: “Agriculture trade: Opportunities for SMEs and businesses in export markets” (with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, IICA); and “Catalysing young African agri-entrepreneurs’ investments” (with the Pan-African… +

The Fruit Logistica and Macfrut trade shows are opening their doors soon! Be ready to meet up again face-to-face, in Berlin or in Rimini.
To help ACP horticultural companies prepare for their visits to Fruit Logistica and Macfrut, group training… +

As the 2022 mango campaign in West Africa begins, COLEACP Training Project Officer Sami Chauvet shares our experience of Fit For Market capacity building in waste reduction and valorisation during the 2021 campaign.
During 2021, training on “Evaluation, reduction and… +

Celebrate women in the agrifood sector!
Worldwide, about a third of established businesses are women owned and managed.1 Sub-Saharan Africa has of the highest rates of women’s entrepreneurs.2 Latin America and the Caribbean region show a high rate of women… +

A mission is under way in Penja to support staff of the Penja Pepper Geographical Indication (GI) to create a database of all the main actors in the pepper production and distribution chain in the five production basins of the… +

 
A recent e-meeting with NPPOs focused on setting up an internal audit system, supported by COLEACP’s Fit For Market SPS programme. The internal audit system relates to support for the preparation and implementation of dossiers (systemic approaches) submitted to… +