As part of COLEACP’s STDF-funded project to improve the SPS quality of Penja pepper in Cameroon to facilitate access to international markets, the project’s national coordinator has been organising last week awareness-raising meetings in the different production basins. These meetings… +

A diagnostic study on inspection and control procedures for the entry, sale and use of pesticides is currently under way in the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC).
Implemented under COLEACP’s Fit for Market SPS programme, the study… +

All this week, in Penja, a second training session is taking place for experts and strategic actors in the pepper value chain. This follow-up session aims to put into practice the technical and training skills acquired during the first session… +

COLEACP’s STDF-funded project “Improving the sanitary and phytosanitary quality of Penja pepper in Cameroon to facilitate access to international markets” held its biannual steering committee meeting on 28 January at the headquarters of the Penja Pepper Geographical Indication Group (IGPP)… +

COLEACP’s training-of-trainers in Ethical Production and Corporate Social Responsibility is taking place in two stages.
Over 3 weeks in September 2020, online training was provided for French-speaking experts. Of 19 experts selected, 14 took part and successfully completed the training,… +

As part of the STDF/PG/593 project, a training session has started on Monday 21 December aimed at strengthening the technical and pedagogical skills of experts and strategic actors in the Penja pepper value chain.At the end of this training, the… +

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER) of Cameroon and COLEACP signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 15 December 2020, in the presence of His Excellency Gabriel Mbairobe, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development of Cameroon, Jeremy Knops, General… +

We held a stakeholder workshop on 11 November in Penja, Cameroon to present the draft “Guide to good SPS practices for the Penja pepper value chain” to representatives of both public and private sectors, to collect feedback on the document.… +

Key points
EU approval will not be renewed for six PPPs that are important to ACP horticulture:
– thiophanate methyl
– mancozeb
– imidacloprid
– zeta-cypermethrin
– haloxyfop-p
– pencycuron
How will ACP producers/exporters be affected?
Non-renewal means that these PPPs… +