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Harmonizing Market Requirements for Sustainable ACP Horticulture

Learn about the impact of climate change on ACP horticulture industry, EU market requirements, and turning challenges into opportunities. Explore strategies to proactively adapt to evolving standards and promote sustainable agriculture and trade. Discover how COLEACP initiatives support ACP producers and exporters in meeting market demands and ensuring food safety and security.

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Harmonizing Market Requirements for Sustainable ACP Horticulture

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  1. PIP & Climate change Supporting the ACP Horticultural Industry 2nd Open Day of the Department of Sustainable Economic Development and Trade- ACP House, Brussels 11 October 2011 .

  2. Climate change: impact on the ACP horticultural industry

  3. Climate change Environmental impact Interview of Professor Van Ypersele, vice-president of IPCC (GIEC), 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner interviewed by COLEACP

  4. Climate change: impact on the ACP horticultural industry

  5. Climate change Economic & Social impact

  6. More EU market requirements = Proliferation of standards Sustainable agriculture and trade ? How to turn the climate change challenge into a market opportunity for ACP countries? Pro-active behavior  Anticipating and driving market requirements  Consolidating/Harmonizing requirements  Influencing requirements from the start…

  7. Sustainable agriculture and trade • Identify, understand and anticipate requirements from the EU market • Adapt and modify requirements, work towards convergence, partnerships • Building capacities and providing technical solutions to ACP companies and service providers

  8. The COLEACP PIP 2001-2009 2009-2014 EDES 2010-2013 Inter-Professional Association – since 1973 80% of FFV exports ACP  UE

  9. PIP in figures: 10 years • PIP covers more than85% of ACP horticultural export industry • Over 1100 Customisedaction plans • Beneficiaries: ACP producers/exporters, smallholder support organisations, consultants, professional organisations, public sector, etc… • Generic and indirect support • Researchand Development (production guides and harmonization of marketrequirements) • Dissemination of technical and training tools • Defending and promoting ACP horticultural industry • …

  10. EXPORTHORTICULTURALSECTOR MRL’s for Pesticides + Traceability +Hygiene +… = FOOD SAFETY Regulatory Market requirements 2001 2008 From FOOD SAFETY To FOOD SECURITY 2008 2010 New Requirements Environment (carbon, water … ) + Ethic … = Sustainable horticulture for export 2010 2014 Export sector to local market Horticulture to Agriculture = FOOD SECURITY ExportHorticultural sector Factor of modernization of ACP agriculture

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