The five top agricultural exports from Kenya could gain more than 20 percent value addition if the government carries out a new export-boosting plan. The agricultural principal secretary, Chris Kiptoo, highlighted tea, alongside coffee, flowers, pyrethrum and horticultural produce, as the key to generating more income. He was speaking during the launching of the National Export Development & Promotion Strategy,...
Kenya Seeks Diversification To Really Export All Kinds of Produce
The Cabinet Secretary for Agriculture in Kenya, Willy Bett, spoke November 15 on a need to diversify Kenya’s fresh produce and the animal product exports sector. The minister touted the need to include food crops to the already highly successful horticultural produce like flowers, tea, fresh vegetables and fruits. This will help the country surmount the challenge of falling demand...
Training Workshop for Agriculturalists Takes Place in Naivasha
More often than not, agricultural conferences tend to focus on issues such as export, yields, crop husbandry and crop protection, but if a several-week long Naivasha conference that culminated on June 13, 2017 is anything to go by, there is more than meets the eye as the focus of the training was passing on communication skills to farmers. Reaching out...
Research Shows that Herbs in Kenya Can Curtail Cancer Progress
In April this year, botanists ascertained that at least twenty herbs in Kenya are possible inhibitors to many forms of cancer. According to the researchers, there are now a number of barks from herbal trees that have upgraded from being traditional medicine to possible modern medicine. The same applies to fruits like tamarind and leaves from most other plants....
Kenyan Company Guarantees Quality & Fair Prices For Fresh Produce Buyers
Selina Wamucii, a fresh produce company based in Kenya, has launched a robust program that guarantees consistency in high quality, fair prices and volumes for bulk buyers of fresh produce. According to the company, “the number one worry for fresh produce buyers is quality and prices. “If you are a fresh produce buyer who buys in bulk for distribution,...
Kenya’s Fresh Produce Becoming Increasingly Popular In the Middle East
The Middle-east has become a strategic destination for fresh produce imports from Kenya. By late 2015, the exports to the United Arab Emirates totaled around $220m. Delineate among these a portion of $1.1 million in that year of just a single export, Kenya mango, in cities like Dubai, Sharjah and Abu Dhabi and you get a clear picture of how sumptuously...
Kenya Fresh Produce Exports: Fresh Impetus By Kenya to Enjoin Post-Brexit Trade
Since the exit of Britain from the European economic and political bloc, the EU, the United Kingdom has already begun trading pacts with African countries, one of the foremost being Kenya, especially regarding the export market of fresh produce. By Brexit terms, the UK has to renegotiate its former trading pacts with a host of major partners in the African...
Why Kenya is Taking the Lead as a Fresh Produce Exporter
Kenya has always been a force to reckon with when it comes to fresh produce exporting. The country has been enjoying greater demand for fresh fruits and vegetables especially Kenyan avocados, mangoes and french beans. One of the most notable and quickly rising sources of these demands is Russian retail shops, who have now discovered that Kenya’s fresh produce represents...
The Three Main Types of Avocados That Are Exported From Kenya
Kenya resides in an ideal location for avocado growth, as avocados thrive in subtropical climates such as the Pacific Americas, South-east Asia, and Africa. African avocados are argued to be some of the greatest, with majority of the exported varieties coming from both Kenya and South Africa. These popular varieties are Hass, Fuerte, and Puebla. From the farms, the fruit...