Meet the Pineapple exporters at the Organic Africa Pavilion 2021

2021-02-08T19:39:29+00:00February 5th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , |

  Meet the Pineapple exporters at the Organic Africa Pavilion 2021 The Organic Africa Pavilion at BioFach eSpecial will introduce two exhibitors specialised in pineapples from Togo. Solaris a fresh pineapples exporter and PROCAT a project supporting Alliance Bio and their dried pineapples rings and chunks. Read the article below to meet the pineapple exporters at the Organic Africa Pavilion 2021. Solaris About Solaris Solaris was born as an initiative to response to the extreme poverty that prevails among the rural population of Haho prefecture in Togo. Unfortunately, 90% of the Hoha population, small farmers who despite producing thousands [Read more]

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Meet the Shea butter exporters at the Organic Africa Pavilion 2021

2021-02-04T11:03:10+00:00February 1st, 2021|Tags: , , , , |

  Meet the Shea butter exporters at the Organic Africa Pavilion 2021 The Organic Africa Pavilion at BioFach eSpecial will introduce two exhibitors specialised in shea butter. Read the article below to meet the shea butter exporters at the Organic Africa Pavilion 2021. Agriland About Agriland Agriland is a family business that started its operations in 1998 in Côte d'Ivoire. The company started by growing plants on its own plantations and quickly evolved into the production of essential oils from ginger, turmeric and vetiver. About Agriland products A few years ago, Agriland diversified its activities into the manufacture of [Read more]

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Organic Africa Pavilion at BioFach eSpecial 2021

2021-02-04T11:41:00+00:00January 24th, 2021|Tags: , , , , , , , |

  Organic Africa Pavilion at BioFach eSpecial 2021 The countdown for the Organic Africa Pavilion at BioFach eSpecial 2021 has officially started! Organic Africa Digital Pavilion at BioFach eSpecial 2021Countdown The meeting place for African exporters and BioFach visitors Every year, African exhibitors find new business opportunities with buyers, agents and partners at the Organic Africa Pavilion at BioFach. We conect high quality African organic suppliers with international markets. This year, Europe's largest organic fair will be held digitally and we will also join it with a digital Organic Africa Pavilion. Read this article to find out what the Organic [Read more]

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ProFound will link Gums and Resins collectors to markets

2021-06-10T09:35:53+00:00July 29th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , |

ProFound is proud to announce that we recently won the tender for a programme focusing on Gums and Resins, supported by GIZ – Deutsche Gesellschaft fur Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH Ethiopia. The GIZ Programme is called “Strengthening Drought Resilience in the Arid and Semi-Arid Lowlands of Ethiopia (SDR-ASAL)”. Amongst other objectives, the programme aims at building capacities amongst Government institutions and partners in the field of planning and natural resource management and utilization. The Gums and Resins market in Ethiopia Gums and Resins such as Frankincense, Myrrh, Gum Arabic play an important role in the daily life of many Ethiopians. [Read more]

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Impacts of COVID-19 on the natural ingredients for cosmetics market

2021-11-25T07:10:13+00:00June 18th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

Not a homogenous impact within the cosmetics industry: The coronavirus pandemic has forced nearly one-third of the world’s population into lockdown. During this time, consumer demand for cosmetics has decreased in general. However, if you take a closer look within the segments some are booming! While decorative cosmetics experienced a dip in demand, essential oils, hygiene and skin care segments are thriving as consumers try to improve their immunity. But what are the impacts of the COVID-19 on the natural ingredients for cosmetics market? In Europe, where the COVID 19 outbreak has made most of the victims in March [Read more]

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Focus on one of the key trends in natural ingredients for cosmetics: Sustainable beauty

2021-11-25T07:24:15+00:00June 18th, 2020|Tags: , , , , , |

Sustainability remains key for European buyers of cosmetic ingredients. The same goes for consumers. European consumers are more informed about issues such as global warming and environmental threats. This trend has led organic, vegan, fair-trade, sustainable and ethically sourced cosmetics to become more mainstream. A review of Science Direct in 2019 concluded that sustainability impacts occur through all phases of a cosmetic product’s life cycle. But selection of raw materials deserves more attention as information on this topic remains scattered and diffuse. A situation that is still relevant in 2020. COVID-19 as a disruptor of the market The COVID-19 [Read more]

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Kasper Kerver highlights moringa opportunities on Zambian TV

2019-04-16T09:36:02+00:00April 5th, 2018|Tags: , , , |

Our consultant Kasper Kerver just returned from field research on moringa in Zambia. During his trip he was also interviewed for the national TV network ZNBC. In Kasper's field research, he assessed current capacities and developments on the ground in Zambia. Kasper discussed the opportunities for moringa production with stakeholders in the sector. He visited nurseries, farmers, traders, exporters, the Zambian Development Agency and NGOs with an interest in this sector. I see a big opportunity for Zambia in the global market for organic certified moringa. India, the main supplier of moringa, struggles with the organic certification of moringa.  - Kasper Kerver Watch the video [Read more]

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Closing the financial gap through matchmaking at BioFach

2019-04-12T14:31:56+00:00March 8th, 2018|Tags: , , , , |

Alterfin, Triodos and Rabo Rural Fund from Rabobank joined the financial matchmaking sessions that ProFound organises annually at BioFach. In total we made 13 matches for 9 exhibitors of our Organic Africa Pavilion.  With this service, we help to ensure that exhibitors gain access to financial solutions from social lenders and micro-financing organisations.  “The preparation of the matchmaking by ProFound was highly appreciated. We met interested and well-matched producers that we would hope to mature into opportunities for the future. The facilitation provided us with a great opportunity to meet with multiple companies that we otherwise may not have met. The meetings [Read more]

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Results of one year NI-CheckApp: alignment with control bodies, suppliers and buyers

2019-04-12T15:22:19+00:00March 8th, 2018|Tags: , , , , |

In 2017, ProFound launched the NI-CheckApp: a compliance tool for suppliers of wild-collected natural ingredients that would save time and money by harmonising multiple certification documentation. Now that we’re one year further, what have we achieved? Documentation set is complete In the past year, we transformed the concept of the NI-CheckApp into reality. The tool now boasts a complete and integrated documentation set including the operator profile for wild collection for Organic, FairWild, Fair standards and GACP. Control bodies buy into the use of NI-CheckApp Control bodies such as Control Union and IMO/Ecocert are welcoming the use of the NI-CheckApp. [Read more]

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Organic Africa Pavilion registers record number of 820 visitors at BioFach

2019-04-16T09:56:14+00:00February 21st, 2018|Tags: , , , , , , , , , |

From 14-17 February, the twelve exhibitors of the Organic Africa Pavilion (OAP) met 820 potential business leads at BioFach, the highest ever since ProFound re-established the pavilion in 2016. This year, the pavilion exhibited the only suppliers from Madagascar, Mozambique, Zimbabwe and Ghana at BioFach.          Africa is a major source for organic natural ingredients and products in everyday use, such as spices and cocoa. However, African suppliers at international trade fairs are few, as there is limited export promotion support in Africa. ProFound organised the Organic Africa Pavilion for the third time in a row as interest and satisfaction from [Read more]

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