COLEACP

COLEACP is an interprofessional network promoting sustainable horticultural trade. PIP is the Pesticide Initiative Programme initiated by COLEACP.

Knowledge for Development is a CTA website that supports the policy dialogue on S&T for agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries. It enables the ACP scientific community - primarily agricultural research and development scientists and technologists, policy makers, farmers and other stakeholders and actors - to share and review results of national and regional efforts and collaborate to harness science and technology for the development of agriculture in their countries. There is a section especially devoted to Horticulture.

CTA

CTA is an ACP-EU institution working in the field of information for development. CTA operates under the ACP-EU Cotonou Agreement and its headquarters are in The Netherlands.

When it was set up, in 1984, CTA was given the challenging task of improving the flow of information among stakeholders in agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries.

CTA’s main aim is to better serve the ever-changing information needs of all stakeholders in ACP agricultural and rural development. Through its partners CTA is working with these stakeholders to achieve the goal shared by the whole development community – poverty alleviation and sustainable development.

Please click here to visit the CTA website. 

International Seminar on the "Role of the media in agricultural development in ACP countries", Oct. 12-16, 2009 Brussels, Belgium

Published on 22^nd Jul 2009

What is the media’s role in development and how can they take a more meaningful part in helping rural communities in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries to achieve the millennium development goals? These are the core issues to be addressed in Brussels, Belgium from 12 to 16 October, when the ACP/EU Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), together with its partners, will host an international seminar on the "Role of the media in agricultural development in ACP countries".  

More specifically, the seminar aims to:·        

• Contribute to preparing strategies for building the capacity of the media with regard to access and dissemination of information on key issues for the ACP agricultural sector
• Strengthen communication links between the media and other stakeholders in the agricultural sector

Registration and a Call for Papers have been launched via the Seminar website at http://annualseminar2009.cta.int   Prior to the seminar, an e-discussion will encourage an exchange of ideas on the topics to be debated.

 The Annual Seminars are CTA’s premier meeting, bringing together a wide range of experts to focus on priority ACP topics on agricultural and rural development selected in consultation with our partners. The seminars help CTA and its partners to formulate information and communication strategies and activities on these topics.