Activities & Projects : Communication : Newsletters : 2011
Newsletter December 2011
IN THIS ISSUE:
Message from Dr. Rudolf Guyer– Director General CropLife AME
East & Southern Africa
- CropLife South Africa Launches New Compendium on the Control of Plant Diseases
- CropLife Tanzania: Responsible Use Training in cashew in the Coastal Region
- Meeting with USDA and USAID
- AfricaBio AGM
- CropLife Africa Middle East, ExCo
- CropLife Uganda
- Anti-Counterfeiting: SMS Scratch Report Pilot Project
North Africa Middle East
- SAGA and SSMO form alliance on training in Sudan
- UAE : UN Agency Calls for Regional Food Body
- Date Palm workshop in Dubai
West & Central Africa
- CropLife Côte d’Ivoire - Training of Agro Dealers
- Rollout of the “Principles of Regulation” (PoR)
- Anti-counterfeiting: Interpol IP Crime Capacity Building
- Sensitization Meeting on Counterfeit & Illegal Pesticides
- Safeguarding Activities in Nigeria
- CropLife Quality Brands for Better Cocoa in Ghana
CropLife International Supports Commitment to Anti-Counterfeiting
West & Central Africa
- IPM Training—CropLife Cameroon
- Partnerships : CropLife Côte d’Ivoire - GIZ
- Study tour to observe obsolete pesticide safeguarding activities in Ghana
North Africa Middle East
- Anti Counterfeiting Endorsement in Egypt
- Pesticides Applicators Training Project Taskforce Meets in Cairo
East & Southern Africa
- Container Management Project Team Annual Meeting
- SADC, Regional Stakeholder Assembly on Sanitary and Phytosanitary (SPS) Measures for Food Safety
- CropLife Madagascar viewed as a valued partner by the Madagascan Customs Authorities
- The Agrochemicals Association Of Kenya / Croplife Kenya Fights Counterfeit Products In The Market
- East & Southern Africa Hub and Regulatory Workshop
- Roll-out of the Anti-Counterfeiting training programme in East Africa
- Regional Harmonisation
- CropLife Uganda
- Principles of Regulation
West & Central Africa
- CropLife Cameroon: IPM Training
- CropLife Mali: Agro-dealer Training
- CropLife Côte d’Ivoire, Ministry of Agriculture, FAO – Rice Seminar
North Africa Middle East
- Improving Water Productivity in Egypt
- EU to report on considering lifting the ban on Egyptian seeds after E.coli scare
- CropLife and ACDI-VOCA Launch Master Trainer Programme
- 5th International Conference on GM in Jordan
- OECD-FAO Agricultural Outlook Predicts Higher Food Prices.
East & Southern Africa
- Association Management Training: Malawi & Zambia
- Meeting with FAO on the CleanFarms Safeguarding Project and Container Management
- CropLife Ethiopia
- Agrochemicals Association of Kenya Meets With Architectural Association of Kenya
West & Central Africa
- CropLife Côte d’Ivoire – Anti-Counterfeiting activities
- CropLife Cameroon, IPM / Responsible Use Training
- Ghana - CleanFarms Initiative Training Workshop.
- ICCO/Cocoa SPS Africa – Meeting in Abidjan Côte d’Ivoire
- CropLife Côte d’Ivoire signs MOU with GIZ
- Nigeria : INTERPOL Intellectual Property Crime Training Seminar
- Ghana : Pesticide Residue Standards and Assessment Training Workshop
- International Cocoa Organisation (ICCO) - Launch of Cocoa SPS Africa.
North Africa Middle East
- Communications Steering Committee Meets in Brussels
- Stewardship Steering Committee Meeting
- IFAD to alleviate rural poverty and boost Morocco's Taza Mountain zones economy
- ToT- Sudan
East & Southern Africa
- ASP - South Africa
- African Free Trade Area
- Ethiopia to Host WEF Africa in 2012
- ASP - Ethiopia
- Training—Zambia
- South Africa
- Meeting with USAID Profit
- CropLife Ethiopia
- Responsible Use Training
- CropLife Zambia holds AGM
East & Southern Africa - Plant Biotechnology—SACAU Conference
- SACAU—Media Release—30 May 2011
- Biotechnology—AfricaBio
- ASP—South Africa
- UGANDA
Anti Counterfeiting Campaign
Container Management /Triple Rinsing Campaign Project
CropLife Uganda: Responsible Use Training for Arabica Coffee Farmers
North Africa Middle East - CropLife Egypt Holds Anti-Counterfeiting Workshop
West & Central Africa - Anti-Counterfeiting
- Building Partnerships
ExCo Strategic Direction
- Executive Committee reviews and updates the Strategic Priorities in an extended meeting in Paris February 2011
Stewardship Steering Committee Meeting
Obsolete Stocks Project Team
West and Central Africa
- IPM/Responsible Use Training of Applicators & Retailers in Côte d’Ivoire
- CleanFarms Safeguarding Project, Ghana
- Meeting with the FAO Regional Office for Africa, Accra, Ghana
- Meeting with Agribusiness & Trade Promotion (ATP)
East & Southern Africa
- ASP South Africa
- Madagascar
- Ethiopia
- Zambia
North Africa Middle East - CropLife AME and ACDI-VOCA meet with MOA-Egypt - 5th IPR Conference Held in Jordan - CropLife Egypt Debates Restructuring Plan
East & Southern Africa - Meeting with CARE—Zambia - COMESA—ACTESA - Establishment of a Poisons Information Centre in Uganda - Plant Biotechnology: Labelling Foods Containing GMO’s – South Africa - AfricaBio
West & Central Africa - CropLife Mali - CropLife Mali-CNFA-Direction Nationale Agriculture / Ministry of Agriculture of Mali Association Management & Alliances - Cooperation - CropLife Ghana - CropLife Côte d’Ivoire Communication & Cooperation
