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Strengthening Plant Health Services in Tanzania for Enhanced Food Safety

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Completed
Last Updated: 11 May 2026

The project focuses on improving export and import controls of agricultural produce in Tanzania. It also caters for improvement of the plant pest surveillance system.

Africa
Tanzania
Food & Nutrition Security
Food safety
Private Sector
+1
Certification and standards
Woman construction

Gender Equality Seal: Incentives for private and public enterprises

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Voices & Views

UNDP’s Gender Equality Seal assists public and private enterprises in ensuring that their workplaces are fair and equitable. The result? A happier, more productive and innovative workforce – with higher rates of women in non...

Gender
Gender mainstreaming
Women's empowerment
+6
Women's organisations
Private Sector
Business support services
Certification and standards
Competitiveness
Entrepreneurship
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Increased transparency will make fashion industry more sustainable, say sector representatives

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At the European Development Days (EDD) 2019, Capacity4dev spoke to representatives from the fashion industry to find out what the next steps are for ethical fashion, and the challenges and opportunities that will come with them...

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Private Sector
Certification and standards
Corporate social entreprises
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Value chains
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INVITATION PAFO-COLEACP Innovation session 10 - African entrepreneur successes in export agrifood markets

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Join us tomorrow 6 July 2022 at 14h00-16h00 CET (12h00-14h00 GMT) and meet great entrepreneurs from Africa who have succeed in export agrifood markets Programme: : https://bit.ly/3No6dSe Registration: https://lnkd.in/eDz8hBcS

Agriculture & Rural Development
Private Sector
Agriculture value chains and commodities
+8
Farmers organisations
Rural development
Agro-business
Business support services
Value chains
SMEs
Certification and standards
Entrepreneurship
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Join OECD-COLEACP Fruits and Vegetables Industry Session on Technology innovations for fruit and vegetables quality control - 23 May 2022 – 10h00-11h30 CET

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Kindly find attached the programme of the next OECD-COLEACP Fruits and Vegetables Industry Series Session n°3, as well as below it links and the link to register: • Programme: English: https://bit.ly/3sBJAC4 Français: https://bit...

Food & Nutrition Security
Private Sector
Food quality
+9
Food safety
Food waste
Value chains
Public Private Partnerships
SMEs
Certification and standards
Research for Private sector development and industry
Food Security Governance
Entrepreneurship
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Innovation session on Successes from Women-led Agribusinesses in Africa - 26 April 2022 (14:00-16:00 CET)

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Join Pan African Farmers Organisation (PAFO) COLEACP next Innovation session dedicated to Successes from Women-led Agribusinesses in Africa on 26 April 2022 (12:00-14:00 GMT). We will discuss how women entrepreneurs perform in...

Private Sector
Business support services
Competitiveness
+5
Value chains
SMEs
Certification and standards
Microfinance
Entrepreneurship
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On 18/11/2021 (12h00-14h00 GMT) Session Innovations in the African agroprocessing sector: the key role of SMEs and businesses

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Join the Panafrican Farmers Organisation (PAFO) and COLEACP to the next innovation session on 18th November 2021 (12h00-14h00 GMT) on the Innovations in the African agroprocessing sector: the key role of SMEs and businesses. Learn...

Agriculture & Rural Development
Food & Nutrition Security
Private Sector
+9
Agriculture value chains and commodities
Commodities
Agro-business
Food safety
Food waste
Value chains
SMEs
Certification and standards
Entrepreneurship
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On 18/11/2021 (12h00-14h00 GMT) Session Innovations in the African agroprocessing sector: the key role of SMEs and businesses

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Posted on Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

Join the Panafrican Farmers Organisation (PAFO) and COLEACP to the next innovation session on 18th November 2021 (12h00-14h00 GMT) on the Innovations in the African agroprocessing sector: the key role of SMEs and businesses. Learn...

Agriculture & Rural Development
Food & Nutrition Security
Private Sector
+11
Agriculture value chains and commodities
Farmers organisations
Rural development
Agro-business
Food quality
Food safety
Competitiveness
Value chains
SMEs
Certification and standards
Entrepreneurship
83
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Call for Papers for Special Issue on the role of the private sector in knowledge partnerships for agricultural and rural development

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SC Sarah CUMMINGS
posted on Private sector in agricultural innovation and development

The Knowledge Management for Development Journal (KM4D Journal) is currently inviting papers for an upcoming special issue on the private sector in knowledge for development, to be published in September 2020. The journal is an...

Agriculture & Rural Development
Agro-business
Agriculture value chains and commodities
+18
Rural development
Knowledge Management
Good practices
Knowledge management
Knowledge sharing
Lesson learned and case studies
Private Sector
Certification and standards
Competitiveness
Corporate social entreprises
Entrepreneurship
Informal economy
Microfinance
Privatisation
Public Private Partnerships
Research for Private sector development and industry
SMEs
Value chains
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Food and Agriculture Benchmark: draft industry and company scope

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SC Sarah CUMMINGS
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Published in June 2019 as part of a public consultation running until the end of August, this report is the first step in the process by the World Benchmark Alliance (WBA) to develop a Food and Agriculture Benchmark. It presents...

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Agriculture & Rural Development
Agro-business
Agriculture value chains and commodities
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Food & Nutrition Security
Private Sector
Certification and standards
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