Strategic plans have their own, specific, time frames for implementation.
Fruit exporters from Mali, with ITC assistance, attended Fruit Logistica 2012 in Berlin, Germany from 8 to 10 February 2012. The promotion of the horticultural sector is a key component of the Government of Mali's poverty reduction plans...
Kyrgyz dried-fruit entrepreneur Akhtiyam Koshveev hoped that a Moscow trade fair he attended in 2007 would land him a few new clients. It landed much more: business contacts he made at the Prodexpo fair have enabled him to quadruple his production and...
Brazil, the world's fourth-largest mango exporter, is serving as an example for African countries that grow the fruit to learn how to improve efficiency and tackle problems that hinder production. To this end, the ITC and the Economic Community of West Africa States (ECOWAS) organized a field visit to Brazil's Petrolina region in November so that African entrepreneurs could benefit from Brazilian producers' experiences and knowledge...
Ministers stressed the importance of Aid for Trade during the second day of the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s Eighth Ministerial Conference. The comments came during informal discussion on the multilateral trading system. In her opening speech...
Morocco’s main fruit importer, Compagnie Fruitière Distribution Maroc, could soon be importing fresh pineapples from Benin and Togo following an ITC-backed trade mission from the two West African countries...
Developing business in commodities such as coffee or tea or in fresh fruit and vegetables represents great potential for growth and employment in Africa. The challenge for these sectors lies in effective and efficient exporting to the right markets....
Cooperative partnerships and long-term approaches improve connectivity within supply chains. Connectivity within supply chains is not easy to achieve, especially as competitiveness in developing and least developed countries may be...
In Benin, an ITC project is connecting fruit processors with suppliers and buyers through a supply-chain wide ‘virtual market place’ that connects product offers to demand through connected devices. One person standing to benefit is Ms....
Prepared by the ITC’s Market News Service in consultation with horticultural sector experts. Exporters in developing countries, particularly African producers of perishable goods...
More than 40 representatives of the agro-food and flower sectors in East Africa will meet in Nairobi next month to discuss how to manage new carbon retail standards...