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| # | Post Title | Result Info | Date | User | Forum |
| Caribbean Virtual Agri-Food Trade Mission – 5th Edition | 6 Relevance | 3 months ago | Nina Desanlis-Perrin | Women empowerment | |
| 🌱 Calling Caribbean Agri-Food Entrepreneurs! 🌱 Get ready for the Caribbean Virtual Agri-Food Trade Mission – 5th Edition, happening 28–30 October 2025! 🚀 This is your chance to showcase your fresh and processed agricultural products to regional and international markets, gain insights on export strategies, trade rules, and standards, and learn how to leverage e-commerce platforms to boost your business. Why join? Connect with buyers across the Caribbean and beyond. Learn practical tactics to expand into new markets. Benefit from expert coaching on virtual trade missions. Build lasting trade partnerships in the agri-food sector. This edition is powered by IICA, SIECA, CCS, and COLEAD, with the Central American Trade Network (REDCA) providing the virtual mission platform. With years of successful trade missions behind us, this is your opportunity to take your business to the next level! 🌍 🔗 Pre-register now: 📧 For more info: info_redca@sieca.int Don’t miss this chance to expand your market, grow your network, and accelerate your exports! | |||||
| The COLEAD MOOC on Packaging and Labelling is Live | Le MOOC du COLEAD sur le Packaging et l’Etiquetage est lancé ! | 2 Relevance | 3 months ago | Ahoefa Soklou | Packaging | |
| EN 🎉 It’s underway! The first COLEAD MOOC on Packaging and Labelling officially kicked off today with over 400 registered participants from across the agri-food sector! Today’s agenda introduced participants to the basics of packaging, explored trends and innovations in agri-food packaging, and showcased case studies of businesses that adopted sustainable solutions and entrepreneurs who successfully expanded into export markets through effective packaging. The discussion continues here on Agrinnovators, share your thoughts, key takeaways, or questions in the comments below.Our experts will be happy to provide clarifications and insights. Let’s go further, together !!! FR 🎉 C’est lancé ! Le premier MOOC du COLEAD sur le packaging et l’étiquetage a officiellement démarré aujourd’hui avec plus de 400 participants inscrits issus du secteur agroalimentaire ! L’agenda du jour a permis aux participants de découvrir les bases du packaging, d’explorer les tendances et innovations dans le packaging agroalimentaire, et d’analyser des études de cas d’entreprises ayant adopté des solutions durables et d’entrepreneurs ayant réussi à exporter grâce à un emballage efficace. Les échanges se poursuivent ici sur Agrinnovators partagez vos impressions, vos points clés ou posez vos questions ci-dessous.Nos experts se feront un plaisir d’y répondre. Allons plus loin, ensemble ! | |||||
| Packaging & Labelling Training – Registration still open! | 2 Relevance | 4 months ago | Ahoefa Soklou | Packaging | |
| Dear network, we are delighted to share with you an exciting opportunity: the first Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Labelling and Packaging, organised by COLEAD. This course is designed to support women and men entrepreneurs, managers, and professionals of agri-food SMEs in developing packaging and labelling strategies that enhance competitiveness, meet market expectations, and comply with international requirements. 👉 Why join? Understand the fundamentals of packaging design and materials for agri-food products. Explore sustainable, innovative, and cost-effective packaging solutions tailored to SMEs. Navigate international regulatory standards (Codex, FDA, EU) for packaging, labelling, and traceability. Connect with experts, MSMEs, researchers, and policymakers via the Agrinnovators Forum. 🎯 Who should attend?Consultants, company managers, purchasing, packing, processing, quality & traceability, marketing, CSR, and sales managers. 📌 Details Format: Online MOOC (open to all, no participant limit) Duration: 2.5 weeks Registration deadline: 29 September 2025 (you still have 6 days to go!) Register here : Don’t miss this chance to unlock packaging strategies that will transform your business impact and growth! Package smart. Sell better. | |||||
| Self Introduction | 1 Relevance | 3 months ago | H. Blaise DC | Introduce Yourself | |
| Blaise Dona Celestin HOUNKONNOU (male) from Benin Republic, Agri-food entrepreneur, Funder and general director of Eco Services Pluriels (ESP) SARL spécialise in ecological agriculture and food processing. I developed an organic biofertilizer based on fish guts. I'm passionate about sustainable agriculture, Responsible Aquaculture, Social Entrepreneur, youths empowerment, rural development, Environmental protection. | |||||
| Rwanda leverages machine learning and satellites for climate-resilient agriculture | 1 Relevance | 3 months ago | Nina Desanlis-Perrin | Climate Resilience | |
| Rwanda is adopting precision agriculture using satellite imagery, machine learning, drones, and sensor-based systems to transform farming into a data-driven, climate-resilient, and profitable sector, according to Minister of Agriculture Mark Cyubahiro Bagabe. Previously reliant on labor-intensive field sampling, Rwanda can now monitor crop areas, growth conditions, and predict yields more accurately for crops like maize, Irish potatoes, and rice. Automated irrigation and greenhouse technologies are optimizing water and nutrient use, reducing waste and increasing efficiency. The government aims to expand irrigated land from 70,000 to 130,000 hectares by 2029, building sustainable agri-food systems nationwide. Young people are actively engaging in tech-driven agribusiness, with some even exporting drone- and sensor-based services. Bagabe emphasized that technology is no longer optional but essential for modern, climate-smart agriculture. Local agripreneurs, like Cynthia Umutoniwabo of Loopa, highlight that innovations must address real farming challenges to be viable and impactful, reinforcing the role of youth in scaling sustainable agricultural solutions. More information: | |||||
| Chad puts circular economy at the heart of Its development vision | 1 Relevance | 3 months ago | Nina Desanlis-Perrin | Circular Economy | |
| Chad has taken a decisive step toward reshaping its development path by adopting its first National Circular Economy Roadmap (2025–2035). Backed by the African Development Bank’s Africa Circular Economy Facility (ACEF), the plan seeks to transform the way the country produces, consumes, and manages resources. It moves beyond recycling as a stand-alone activity and positions circularity as a strategic lever for green growth, job creation, and resilience. Rooted in the “Vision 2030, The Chad We Want” framework, the roadmap builds on practices long embedded in Chadian life. In N’Djamena, informal waste collectors have for years combed through neighborhoods asking, “Do you have any bottles?” They would salvage, reuse, and resell what they could find, driven by necessity rather than policy. Now, that informal system is being scaled up, formalised, and embedded in national strategy, with governance structures, financing mechanisms, and measurable targets. By 2035, Chad aims to reduce non-recycled waste by 40 percent, create more than 25,000 green jobs, and raise access to electricity toward the African median, largely through biomass and organic waste recovery. Six key sectors form the backbone of the roadmap are; agri-food, waste, plastics, construction, water, and energy—each linked to specific interventions. These range from “circular farms” modeled on Benin’s Songhai Center, which integrate agriculture, energy, and water in closed-loop systems, to youth-led plastic recycling businesses that turn waste into construction materials. This shift is not simply about environmental stewardship; it addresses some of Chad’s most pressing development challenges. Access to electricity remains among the lowest in the world, with fewer than 12 percent of citizens connected to power. Food insecurity affects more than 3.7 million people, while post-harvest losses exceed 200,000 tons annually. The roadmap proposes tangible, interlinked solutions—turning crop residues into compost, generating biogas from animal waste, and treating wastewater for irrigation—to strengthen food systems, diversify energy sources, and reduce pressure on natural resources. The adoption of the roadmap is part of a wider African movement toward circularity, supported by ACEF and the African Circular Economy Alliance (ACEA). Similar national plans are underway in Benin, Cameroon, and Ethiopia, each adapted to local realities but sharing a common goal: to make circularity a driver of inclusive, low-carbon growth across the continent. More information: | |||||
| Join the 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture : Explore digital solutions for smarter food systems | 1 Relevance | 4 months ago | Ahoefa Soklou | Climate Resilience | |
| The 19th Caribbean Week of Agriculture is currently ongoing under the theme:“Sowing change, Harvesting resilience: Transforming Our Caribbean Food Systems for 2025 and Beyond.” As part of the programme, we invite you to join 02 dynamic sessions taking place today, Tuesday, 30 September, on Proven Digital Solutions for Improving Agri-food System Efficiency: Drone Technology & Capacity Building Time 05:30 – 8:30 pm UTC Link : Field applications : scanners, sensors and daata driven decision making applications Time: 8:30 – 10:30 pm UTC Link : Don’t miss this chance to explore how digital innovations from drone technology to smart capacity-building tools are driving efficiency and resilience in Caribbean agrifood systems. Register now, join the discussions and connect with innovators shaping the future of agrifood! Attachment : Program-flyer.jpg Attachment : Agenda-webinar-1.jpg Attachment : Agenda-webinar-2.jpg | |||||
| "From Research to Practice – Connecting with Fellow Agrinnovators" | 0 Relevance | 7 months ago | Abdirizak | Introduce Yourself | |
| ... include horticulture, organic fertilizers, hydroponic fodder production, solar-powered irrigation, and youth empowerment through agri-entrepreneurship. I am passionate about transforming research into practical solutions that improve livelihoods and promote climate-smart agriculture across Somalia and beyond. I look forward to engaging with fellow innovators and contributing to meaningful discussions within the Agrinnovators Forum. | |||||