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21/06/2012 Document 7 The main objective of the project is to maintain market access for cocoa beans from the West SPS AFRICA COCOA PROJECT GHANA Africa Sub-region through capacity building in SPS in order to produce good quality cocoa

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Document 7

SPS AFRICA COCOA PROJECT GHANA PRESENTATION ON KEY ACTIVITIES SINCE

INCEPTION

The main objective of the project is to maintain

market access for cocoa beans from the West Africa Sub-region through capacity building in SPS in order to produce good quality cocoa that complies with the relevant international regulations and legislation on pesticide residues and other harmful substances.

In Ghana, the project commenced with the

setting up of a National Steering Committee and a Project Implementation Committee. This report provides in some details the key activities that the project has undertaken since inception.

Key Activities – 1

FORMA RMATIO ION OF THE PR OF THE PROJ OJECT ECT IMPLE IMPLEMENTATIO TION COMM COMMITTEE The Project Implementation Committee (PIC) was put in place on the advice of the National Steering Committee (NSC). It is chaired by Mr. K. Gorkeh- Sekyim, Managing Director of Quality Control

  • Company. Other members are Dr. Francis Baah,

Head, Social Sciences and Statistics, CRIG; Dr. Sammy Lowor, Senior Biochemist, CRIG; Mr. William Azalekor, Entomologist, QCC; Mr. George Okyere, Senior Quality Control Manager, QCC and Mr. Francis Enyan, Deputy Quality Control Manager, QCC.

ACTIVITIES – 2 LA LAUNC UNCHIN ING OF G OF SPS AFR SPS AFRICA COCO COCOA A PR PROJE OJECT The project was launched successfully at the College of Physicians and Surgeons Building, Ridge, Accra on Friday 9th September 2011

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ACTIVITIES -3

INAUGURATION OF THE NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE

MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE

ACTIVITIES – 4

The d e developm lopment ent and p pret etest esting ng o

  • f media

mat materi rials suc such as post as posters, leafl leaflets ts and and fly flyers rs, development of lopment of con content ent for sensitiz itization ation on

  • n th

the e medi media, and the and the plann planning of

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region

  • nal, dis

district and commu community s nity sensitiza itization ion w workshops rkshops

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TRAINING

ACTI

TIVITI VITIES – ES – 5

1ST

ST EDES/

EDES/COLEA OLEACP TRAIN TRAINING OF NG OF TRA TRAINERS W NERS WORKSHOP A RKSHOP AT BUNSO BUNSO COCO COCOA COLLEGE, 6 A COLLEGE, 6 - 19 9 NO NOV 20 V 2011 2ND

ND EDES /COLEA

EDES /COLEACP CP TRAININ TRAINING OF OF TRA TRAINERS W NERS WORKSHOP RKSHOP, BUNSO , BUNSO COCO COCOA COLLEG A COLLEGE, 2 21 NO NOV – V – 3 DEC DEC 20 2011

PARTICIPANTS AT THE 1ST EDES /COLEACP TRAINING WITH PIC MEMBERS

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Mr E. O Owusu usu facil ilitating itating at o

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e of the sessi ssions

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ACTI

TIVITI VITIES – ES – 7 5-DAY E Y EDES/CO ES/COLEA EACP CP TRAINING O AINING ON CA CAPACIT CITY BUILD BUILDING IN SELF IN SELF- ASS SSESSMENT METH METHOD ODS AND AND G GAP ANA ANALYSIS IS PR PROC OCEDURES Limuru Limuru, K Kenya a for Engl r English- sh-spe peaking g ACP P exper perts, 28 28 NO NOV V – 2ND

ND DEC 20

DEC 2011

PARTICIPANTS AT THE 5-DAY EDES/COLEACP TRAINING IN KENYA SCENES OF THE WORKING GROUP AT THE EDES/COLEACP TRAINING, KENYA

Topics c pics covered i red included: cluded:

The regula

The regulatory cont context and r t and role of le of p priv ivat ate op

  • per

erat ators

Self-moni

  • nitorin
  • ring p

g principles a es and sector self- f-as assessment sessment g guide c e concept

EDES me

EDES meth thodolog

  • gy and

and facili cilitation t tech chni niques

Pr

Proces

  • cess analys

analysis is and and diagno diagnosis

Audit and sam

dit and sampli ling ng p plans ans in in the cont context t of

  • f self-m

self-moni nitoring ring

Risk analys

Risk analysis is

Traceabi

bilit lity i in the c e context of self- f-assessm assessment ent

Prep

Preparatio ion, distr distribu buti tion and t and the e manage manageme ment of

  • f a

a sect sector r self self- assessment ssment g guide

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The w

e workshop rkshop eq equipped ou pped our participants w icipants with th skil skills to anal analyz yze SPS e SPS sys systems, build self build self- assessment g ssment guides a ides and self-monit

  • monitor
  • ring

ing sys systems, and and eval aluate q quali ality assu y assura rance syst stems a ems among

  • ng oth
  • thers

rs ACTI TIVITI VITIES – ES – 8 TRAI AINI NING WO NG WORKSHOP O ON ANTI COUNTERFEIT TERFEIT PES PESTIC ICIDES Qualit Quality Contr Control Com Company of Ghan

  • f Ghana

a Cocoa Cocoa Boar Board, d, the i implem ement enter o r of t the G e Ghanaian component aian component

  • f
  • f SPS Afric

SPS Africa Coco Cocoa Pr a Proje

  • ject

t deeme deemed it it right right to eq equip uip the v the various pla rious players in s in the the Cocoa Cocoa ind industr stry with the with the req requisit isite kno e knowle ledg dge on

  • n count

counterfeit and i illega gal p l pesticides. icides.

Pa

Participants w icipants were d drawn f n from

  • m pesticide

icide supplier liers, p s, pesticid icide d e dealer ers, s, fa farmer g groups, ps, Plan Plant pr t protection

  • n and

and Regu gulatory Ser Services Divisi Division of

  • f Minist

Ministry A Agri riculture, En Envi vironm nmental Prot

  • tection

ection A Agency ency, , Ghan ana S a Standar dards A s Author

  • rity

ity, Ghana Cocoa B a Cocoa Board, d, Police, Cus lice, Customs,

  • ms,

Immigrat Immigration, ion, the the Bar and Bar and the Benc the Bench

The workshop f focu cused on

  • n issu

issues su such as: ch as:

What p

What pestic sticides are are,

Ho

How t w to read read pestic pesticide e lab labels,

The

The mo motiv tivatio tion f for c r coun unterfeit a eit and illegal d illegal pestic pesticide ide trad trade, e,

The

The conseq equences nces of

  • f count

unterfeit a eit and illeg d illegal pesticide l pesticide trad trade

Usag

Usage an e and what on d what one should look f e should look for on r on shipp shipping ng docu documents co s covering pestici sticides.

Fact

actors

  • rs

which hich pr prom

  • mote

the he entr try

  • f

cou

  • unt

nterfeit pestic pesticides es int into the the pesti esticide mar market

Suggest

Suggested ed remedies remedies for the he weakness nesses es in in the the syst ystem

Con

Conclus lusion and rec ecomm

  • mmenda

ndatio ions ns ONE OF THE PESTICIDES USED IN C0COA WAREHOUSES

.

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PESTICIDE LABEL

Fastrack label showing three panels

PESTICIDE ICIDE L LABEL H L HAZARD RD CLASSI SIFIC FICATIO IONS NS

  • GR

GROU OUP COL OLOUR INT NTERPRETATI ON ON

Ia RED VERY TOXIC Ib RED TOXIC II YELLOW HARMFUL III BLUE CAUTION IV GREEN COLOUR ACUTE HAZARD UNLIKELY IN NORMAL USE

RISKS A S ASSOCIA SOCIATED ED WITH THE U USE OF OF COU COUNTE TERFEIT A RFEIT AND IL D ILLEGAL L PESTICIDE ICIDES

Con Conseq equences f es for the r the con consu sume mers/bu rs/buyers ers

Health risk. Arrest and detention. Loss of money.

RISKS A S ASSOCIA SOCIATED ED WITH THE U USE OF OF COU COUNTE TERFEIT A RFEIT AND IL D ILLEGAL L PESTICIDE ICIDES

Co Conseq nsequences f uences for t r the p pesticide ind sticide industr stry

Unfair competition: genuine products vrs fake

  • nes

It damages the image of the industry. Loss of confidence - customers. Arrest and detention. Co

Conseq nsequences f uences for t r the re regulat gulatory o

  • fficers

cers

Officers could be jailed if found to have allowed

illegal products into the country.

Loss of confidence in the regulatory officers.

ACTIONS TO SOLVE THESE WEAKNESSES

Capacity building of all the stakeholders Awareness creation Strengthening institutional collaborations Purchase of pesticides from registered/

reputable suppliers

Intensification of surveillance

ACTIONS T TIONS TO S SOLVE E THESE W ESE WEAKNESSES AKNESSES

Periodic training of stakeholders Setting up court for pesticide related issues Development of technologies to avoid

counterfeiting

Incorporation of pesticide related policies in all the

educational curricula

In-house cleaning-e.g. anti-counterfeit clauses in

contracts

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ACTIONS T TIONS TO S SOLVE E THESE W ESE WEAKNESSES AKNESSES

List of all pesticides in the country should be

published.

Pesticide formulations should having unique colors

  • r texture.

Vigilance by ensuring that pesticides have a proper

label, registration number, expiration date, properly packaged and sealed.

CHALLENGES CHALLENGES The k e key chall alleng nge r e remains c s cash i inflows s to ensu ensure re that that pr proje

  • ject acti

activi vities es are are implem ement ented a as planned

  • nned. Chang

anges i s in the

  • riginal
  • riginal pr

proje

  • ject budge

budget f for Ghana ha r Ghana have resul resulted in in the pr the proj

  • ject

t ha havi ving t to rely large rely largely

  • n
  • n int

internal funds f rnal funds for r man many of

  • f its

its activit activities. . CONC CONCLUSI SION ON The i e impleme ementat tation

  • n of the plan

the planne ned acti activi vities

  • f the p

project ect is on course.

  • se. The N

e NSC a and P PIC are commit are committed t to ensur ensuring that that all SPS all SPS Afric Africa Coco Cocoa Pr a Proje

  • ject objec
  • bjectiv

ives w were me re met. t. The m e main challeng llenge e remains the remains the timely timely release release of all commit

  • f all committed funds.

funds.