Food and Agriculture Organization of United Nations
Reducing Ochratoxin A in Coffee

The Project

Activities

Component III

Activities

 

Target Set

Status

Component IIIa: Training & implementation of Good Practice / HACCP systems

Activity 5.1.1

Organise training workshops, one for each sub-region, involving approximately 12 trainees per workshop

Training workshops organised and completed

Completed. Requirement exceeded. ToT courses completed in Ecuador (sub regional), Guatemala (sub-regional), India x2 (national), Indonesia (one national and one sub-regional), Kenya (sub-regional), and Uganda (national) involving 25+ trainees on each occasion. Under the Vietnamese FAO TCP a national ToT course was completed in late 2003. Final sub-regional course for Francophone producer countries in Africa scheduled for mid-2005, to replace course cancelled in Côte d'Ivoire in November 2004.

Activity 5.2.1

One training course in each producing country involving collaborating centres and trained trainers, to benefit 12-15 extension workers per course

National training events organised and completed

Ongoing. Stage 2 ToT courses in India implemented. Information sessions undertaken in Uganda, and Sensitization of Stakeholder's workshop completed in Guatemala, Kenya, and Uganda.

Development of follow-up training materials underway with local farmers' school, and comprehensive Stage 2 training completed in 2003 /2004 in Indonesia.

Extensive training in Colombia reaching thousands of farmers completed. Farmer training materials produced in Uganda.

Component IIIb: Monitoring and feedback - guidelines disseminated and compliance reviewed

Activity 6.1.1

Prepare, test and finalise guidelines for Good Practices covering whole coffee industry based on the experiences gained and distribute to appropriate institutions and organizations

Guidelines produced suitable for distribution to global coffee industry

Ongoing. Guidelines circulated via ICO as ED 1763/00 Rev 1 in May 2001 based on the conclusions of the ASIC workshops in 1997 and 1999, and the findings of the Pilot Project.

Subsequently replaced by draft Code of Practice (ICO document PSCB No. 36/02), finalised in June 2002, updated with work from the global coffee mould project.

Activity 6.2.1

Review application of Good Practice and HACCP control techniques at end of project in context of OTA contamination levels and compliance with suggested practices.

Review undertaken and reported on

Scheduled. A comprehensive study to define and recommend changes in the national regulatory systems of all seven project countries that would be required to ensure the best take-up of project outputs scheduled for 2005.

Activity 6.2.2

Provide assistance on monitoring and control programmes to collaborating countries if required

Assistance provided as requested by project technical officers

Scheduled. Activity scheduled for end of project.

 
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