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Issue No. 6

Rapid Urbanization and Upsurge in Mosquito Vectors: A Market Opportunity for Innovative

Pyrethrum Products


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Between November 27th and December 3rd, Kenya will play host to an eminent group of international coffee buy-

ers who shall be visiting with the country’s coffee sector.

This is a pre-cursor event to the next year’s Specialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) meeting and expo scheduled to take place in the United States’ Seattle, Washington from 17th to 23rd April, 2017, where Kenya will be the main portrait country, a sta-tus the country won this year.

This is a golden opportunity that Kenya has, top among other benefits, to increase the market share of Kenyan coffee in the specialty coffee market in USA and the neighbouring coffee consuming countries at competitive prices, since USA is the leading coffee consumer in the world.

Meanwhile, as the world embraces everything organic, we bring you details why Pyrethrum, as an industrial crop, still retains important value in the market for mosquito control insecticides.

In addition, the Authority remains committed to opening new markets for our export crops, as we also seek to enlarge the domestic market. This is why AFA Tea Directorate is engaging value chain players in Canada to de-velop North America as a market for our product.

These and other articles, find them inside! Happy reading.

Alfred Busolo Tabu;Interim Director - General, AFA.


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Rapid Urbanization And Upsurge In

Mosquito Vectors: A Market Opportunity

For Innovative Pyrethrum Products

Urbanization refers to increased movement and settling of people in urban areas coupled with transformation of rural areas into urban centres. In the last few de-

cades, this phenomenon has greatly accelerated globally and it is estimated that by 2025, about 60% of the world’s popula-tion will be living in urban areas. The bulk of urban growth is expected to occur in the developing countries in Africa, Latin America and Asia where today a third of the population al-ready live in urban areas.

While living in urban areas may confer some socio-economic benefits, the rapid expansion of urban areas has lead to sub-standard housing, inadequate water supply, poor waste and environmental management systems. These have conse-quently given rise to abundance of mosquito breeding sites. The situation is further aggravated by changes in demogra-phy, climate and land use patterns which have created ideal conditions for explosive outbreaks of mosquito borne diseas-es. The importance of vector–borne diseases is sometimes underestimated but they account for 16% of the estimated global burden of communicable diseases. They cause im-mense suffering to humanity and heavy financial investments is devoted to their control and management. In most cases, vector control is the main intervention for reducing or inter-rupting disease transmission

Mosquitoes in urban areas and the associated diseases

Containers filled with water that are found in or around houses, uncovered jars for drinking water, barrels, cisterns ,discarded

bottles , vehicle tyres, coconut shells, water bodies, food tins that become unintentionally filled with rain-water are a common feature in many densely popu-lated urban areas. These provide fertile sources of breeding grounds for Aedes mosquito which is ur-ban and largely found in the tropics and subtropical countries. It prefers human blood meal and mainly bites at day or evening times. It is associated with the transmission of viruses responsible for diseases such as yellow fever, dengue fever, Zika virus and Chikungunya . Recent outbreaks of yellow fever have been reported in the capital cities of Angola and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Chikungunya in Northern Kenya and Zika in Brazil. Zika has in fact been declared a public health emer-gency of international concern (PHEIC) by the World Health Organization (WHO). The Zika outbreak in the Americas shows how a disease that slumbered for six decades in Africa and Asia, never causing an outbreak, can become a global health emergency.

Dengue fever on the other hand, has now emerged as a global problem and has been reported in more

than 110 countries especially in the tropics which are popular destinations for tourists. Another vector, the Culex mosquito normally breeds in dirty water collections, sewage, stagnant drains and poorly managed septic tanks common in urban settings. It is a vector of many pathogens that affect human like the Rift Valley fever virus, elephantiasis, west Nile virus disease, among others. Because of the accompanying domestic pollution, urban-ization tends to eliminate the breeding sites for Anopheles

(By Dr. Kefa Sum; Pyrethrum and Other Industrial Crops Directorate, AFA)

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gambiae thus impacting on malaria transmission. Even though, transmission is relatively high in peri-urban areas and still presents a big risk, besides, many people arriving in cities from rural areas may carry infections. Malaria, according to the WHO, is the leading killer in the tropical world with more than 2.1 billion people at risk and one of the major public health challenges contributing to poverty in Africa. Market growth for mosquito control insecticides and the potential for new value added innovative pyre-thrum products

It is forecast that mosquito control insecticide market is bound to spike due to increased public awareness on mosquito borne diseases fuelled by threats that Zika, Chi-kungunya, yellow fever, malaria etc could spread to many countries of the world. The possibility that a mosquito bite during pregnancy could cause severe brain damage in newborn babies through Zika has alarmed and aston-ished the world!. In addition, lifestyle changes with people increasingly resorting to outdoor recreation is further stim-ulating the need for products to prevent or minimize dis-comfort from mosquito bites. Global warming and shifts in population movements, are also expanding the mosquito habitat. There is no doubt that pyrethrins have the potential for ap-plication in these emerging mosquito control areas based on the their favourable environmental and toxicological profile. Besides, pyrethrins are natural products derived from Chrysanthemum flower and have been used safely and effectively as insecticides over many decades.

However, despite their long history of use, the insecticide market is dynamic with the entry of many new molecules including other natural products and innovative delivery systems. In order therefore, for pyrethrins to compete ef-fectively and exploit the growing mosquito control market, formulators, processors, product development experts and marketers must make concerted efforts to come up with new innovative value added products. Such products must attain key features that will meet the consumer’s desire in

the control of mosquitoes within the home and around the perimeter to prevent invasions and suppress the mosquito population. The products should also provide the home owner with extremely user friendly ambi-ence coupled with exceptional bio-logical performance in terms of fast action and in congruence with the life cycle and habit of the mosquito. In addition the products should be respectful of the environment, hu-man health and affordable.

Some value addition and product development considerations per-tinent to the emerging mosquito control market include;

i) Larvicides Historically, most vector control efforts, especially with re-spect to malaria have focused almost exclusively on adult stages, specifically indoor residual spraying (IRS) insecti-cide treated nets (ITNs) and space spraying. These tech-nologies have been basically modeled on the behaviour of the mosquitoes with reference to their preferred biting habits which may either be at night, day, indoors or out-doors. However, adult mosquitoes are increasingly devel-oping insecticide resistance and behavioural avoidance of insecticides. This has therefore given room for larvicides that are applied at the mosquito aquatic breeding sites . Control of mosquitoes at the larval habitats does not give room for avoidance and is particularly useful because the breeding sites for most mosquito species are largely outdoors. Pyrethrins have not taken a lead in this area although vector control progammes in Afrca have started seriously considering larval control as a valid option. In Areas like Latin America, larvicide market is expected to grow annually as the Zika virus control strategy.

ii) Mosquito repellentsRepellents are substances applied on the skin, clothing, aerial or on surfaces to provide personal protection against mosquito bites. The insect repellent products may be in many forms including, vape mats, coils, insence sticks, candles, liquid vapourizers, aerosol sprays, creams, lo-tions etc ( some pictures are shown below). With the im-provement of literacy and heath consciousness, mosquito repellent market is expected to increase substantially. Cur-rently the per capita usage of repellents is low in the devel-oping countries and there is therefore considerable scope for market expansion. The demand for mosquito coils is said to be growing fast in rural areas and among the urban poor while in urban middle and up market areas, there is a growing market for vapourizers. Repellents products es-pecially those applied on the body are also gaining popu-larity as prophylactic tools for travelers including tourists and populations living in malaria endemic areas. Although this prophylactic market is dominated by DEET (diethyl-toluamide) as the choice active ingredient, pyrethrins and essential oils from pyrethrum flowers have been shown to


exhibit very good repellent properties against a wide range of insect pests. Pyrethrum products thus should actively be developed for this market niche.

iii) Synergism and insect resistance management

Insect resistance is a change in an insect population over time resulting in their ability to withstand insecticide dos-ages that were previously effective in killing them. Mosqui-to resistance especially to the commonly used synthetic pyrethroids has been widely reported in many countries and is a major concern for health authorities and compa-nies marketing mosquito control products. For instance, pyrethroids are currently the only insecticides approved by WHO for use on insecticide treated nets (ITNs) which is one of the prominent tools against malaria vectors globally but whose sustenance is now threatened by resistance. One way of managing resistance is to incorporate synergists in an insecticide formulation. Synegists are substances which have no inherent pesticidal activity but promotes or enhances effectiveness of a pesticide. Their primary mode of action is by inhibiting the enzymes that break down in-secticide active ingredient once inside the insect, but they have also, been shown to be effective on the knock down resistance (kdr) mechanism which is associated with the insect’s nervous system and manly affects the synthetic pyrethroids. It has been empirically proven that use of syn-ergists with pyrethrins enhances activity against resistant mosquitoes . This presents an opportunity that could be exploited in coming up with by new products in areas like ITNs and IRS where pyrethrum has not featured promi-nently yet they have incredibly big market potential.

There are many synergists in the market including pipero-nyl butoxide (PBO) and organic ones like Karanj oil, sesa-min oil, among others.

iv) Wettable powders and Suspension concentrates

Improved performance of particulate containing formula-tions such as suspension concentrate and wettable pow-ders on porous surfaces such as, wooden, cemented or mud walls has been variously reported. A change from an emulsion to a particular formulation has the capacity to 7 fold decrease the amount of insecticide required to

produce an effective residual deposit. This is a direct result of increased availability of the active ingredient for easy pick-up by the insect and making the product more cost effective to the consumer.

v) Micro-encapsulation

In this technology, the liquid active ingredient is enclosed in a polymer shell to provide protection against the hostile environmental conditions.

The polymer will retain the pyrethrins for extended peri-ods on inert or chemically active surfaces, thus reducing losses through adsorption or chemical reaction. However, when an insect picks up a capsule, its contents readily dif-fuse into the lipophilic (fatty) insect cuticle leading to rapid knockdown and mortality. The capsules can also be trans-mitted amongst the insects or stages that aggregate like mosquito larvae.

vi. WHO Pesticide Evaluation Scheme (WHOPES) cer-tification

WHOPES, established in 1960 by the WHO promotes and coordinates the testing, evaluation and recommend-ing pesticides used in public health. Most large scale vec-tor control programmes which are funded by organizations such as the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, DFID, UNICEF, Global Fund against malaria, TB and Aids etc provide some of the larg-est and most lucrative markets for mosquito control prod-ucts . For example, in 2011, an estimated US$2billion was devouted to malaria control out of which 50-60% went to vector control.

However, donor organizations insist on usage of WHOPES recommended products and apparently no pyrethrum based products are currently in the list. A lot of effort is needed in this direction given the fact that Kenya pyre-thrum already has a data dossier on the active ingredient that is usually the starting point for the WHOPES evalua-tion.

‘Donor organizations insist on usage of WHOPES recommended products and

apparently no pyrethrum based products are currently in the list. A lot of effort is needed ..... for the

WHOPES evaluation’


Between November 27th and December 3rd, Kenya will play host to an eminent group of international cof-fee buyers who shall be visiting with the country’s cof-

fee sector. This is a pre-cursor event to the next year’s Spe-cialty Coffee Association of America (SCAA) meeting and expo scheduled to take place in the United States’ Seattle, Washington from from 17th to 23rd April, 2017, where Ke-nya will be the main portrait country, a status the country won this year. The status is the climax of the marketing strategy during the entire SCAA Exhibition where the Portrait Coun-try is given exclusive priority rights in marketing her coffee in US during the period. This is an opportunity that will help enhance the visibility and open more market opportunities for Kenyan coffee. As a member of Specialty Coffee Asso-ciation of America, Kenya has been participating in SCAA exhibitions for the last fourteen years. The overall objective of these two events (Buyers’ visit to the country of origin (that is Kenya) and Kenya’s status as the portrait country during the 2017 SCAA Expo) is to increase the market share of Kenyan coffee in the specialty coffee market in USA and the neighbouring cof-fee consuming countries at competitive prices, since USA is the leading coffee consumer in the world. Specifically, as a 2017 SCAA portrait country, Ke-nya benefits in various ways, including:

A high ranking Kenyan government official to give an • opening remarks about Kenyan coffee and thus giving the country a competitive advantage during the of-ficial opening of the SCAA Symposium and Exhibition in 2017. American coffee buyers to visit Kenyan coffee growing • regions, processing plants, Nairobi Coffee Exchange and order coffee to be brewed during the Portrait Country Event. The Origin Trip dubbed “The Kenya Coffee Safari” is slated for November, 2016. Kenyan coffee will be brewed and served in major • hotels and coffee houses in the City of Seattle, Wash-ington during the Portrait Country Event in 2017.Linkage of Kenyan coffee farmers with America coffee • buyers in direct marketing for the visibility of Kenyan coffee.

Place commercial adverts of Kenyan coffee by SCAA • in the American strategic media for a period of six months.Have Kenyan coffee brand in the SCAA website for a • period of six months for visibility and order enquiries.

These benefits among others are geared towards improv-ing the competiveness of Kenyan coffee prices globally, with a view to cushioning Kenyan coffee farmers from ad-verse price fluctuations since Americans have been paying one of the best premium coffee prices for Kenyan coffee. Preceding Kenya the 2017 Portrait Country in April 2017, some 25 coffee buyers from US are expected to visit the country in an effort to build relationship marketing be-tween US coffee dealers and Kenyan coffee growers and traders. During the visit, the global buyers are expected to interact with various coffee sector stakeholders along the value chain, including farmers (small and large scale growers), millers, marketers, policy makers, and other re-lated industry players. The opportunity also presents a marketing oppor-tunity for the country to brand Kenya as top tourism desti-nation. According to details on SCAA’s website with re-gard to ‘this Roasters Guild Origin Trip to Kenya’, the visi-tors will ‘learn about different aspects of the coffee supply chain and get a look at some of the most cutting edge coffee production techniques in Kenya. In addition to see-ing more than a dozen farms, mills and cafes, the group will also visit the Nairobi Coffee Exchange and the Kenya National Barista Championship finals.’ To make this event a success a multi-sectoral team has been put in place under stewardship of the Min-istry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries (through the Agriculture and Food Authority’s Coffee Directorate). This team draws membership across the coffee subsector, in-cluding the Council of governors, Commodities Fund, and other private sector coffee stakeholders.

Further details: https://scaa.ps.membersuite.com/events/ViewEvent.aspx?contextID=fdd7f49b-0078-c43a-54ab-0b3bd4b65b2e

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The Kenyan Cashew nut industry status

Cashew nut farming in Kenya is majorly carried out by small holder farmers owning an average of one acre per farmer with a total of 2 million trees under a total

land coverage of about 21,600 Ha producing about 22,140 MT annually. The farming is mostly done at the coastal strip though there are cashew growing pockets in areas away from the predominant region like Tharaka Nithi and Chuka. Although the cashew nut subsector has the po-tential to drive the economic development in the Coast re-gion, production of this crop and the incomes generated currently are quite low.

The major challenges facing the industry are: Low pro-duction brought about by ageing cashew nut trees, poor agronomic practices and plant diseases such as powdery mildew disease, inadequate market access of the value chain, Inadequate linkages along the value chain actors and exploitation by brokers.

The African Cashew sector at a glance In Africa, cashew nut farming is mostly done at subsistent level by small holder farmers with an average farm hold-

ing of not more than 2 acres. Most orchards have old and senile trees that need an aggressive program of planting and replanting. The African cashew kernels chain is a buy-er-driven chain, driven by roasters, packers, and distribu-tors, whose concerns are reliability, food safety and quality. Most farmers are poor and earn less than a dollar per day. This is because of minimal government support in many of the countries, expensive inputs, and poor marketing sys-tems, lack of market information, poor infrastructure and exploitative buyers.

About 90% of the cashew nut produced in Africa is sold as raw cashew nut (RCN) to Vietnam, Brazil and India. West African countries have higher production than East African countries led by Cote d’Ivoire at 700,000 MT, Guinea Bis-sau at 180,000,Nigeria at 150,000 MT, Benin at 125,000 MT and Senegal-Gambia at 65,000 MT in 2015. Kenya’s production still stands at 22,000 MT annually.

It is estimated that a 25% increase in RCN processing with-in Africa would generate more than 130 million in house-hold income and substantially improve the lives of many families in rural areas. Consumption of processed cashew kernels is still very poor within the African countries thus most processors in Kenya and Africa at large export close to 95% of what they process.

A huge sign of the lack of competitiveness of process-ing cashew in Africa has been this irony. The market for cashew kernels internationally is dominated by Vietnam, Brazil and India. Comparatively these countries give to the market cashew kernels that of a cheaper price and bet-

Ensuring a Competitive and

Sustainable Cashew Nut

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ter quality than processed cashew from Africa. Vietnam, Brazil, India imports 90% of Africa’s total RCN production. These countries transport the cashew many miles away, process, and package and sell it more competitively than cashew processed in Africa. Despite the heavy sourcing and freight costs that these countries incur in procuring their raw material they still end up having a competitive edge over African processed kernels! Vietnam, Brazil and India import most of their RCN from Africa majorly the West African countries of Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Benin, the Gambia, Guinea Bissau, Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal.

Although Kenya processes almost 100% of its raw ca-shew production and enjoys in-creased consumption of locally processed cashew, locally pro-cessed cashew is expensive and unaffordable for many local consumers hence many opt for substitute nuts like peanuts. As a result, processed cashew nut remains uncompetitive in the local market against other nuts.

Sustainability of the sub-sec-torEnsuring sustainability at the production level in the cashew nut industry entails:

Enhanced Research on • best planting materials de-velopment and provision, best pesticides, fertilizers and chemical use Farmer education on Good Agriculture Practices • (GAP) that conserve environmentbetter land tenure systems that will instill confidence • and make farmers use farms with careDevelopment and provision of quality planting materi-• als

Government subsidies and incentives for farmers• Better prices that are reasonably stable to cushion • farmers against perpetual lossesEnvironmental conservation in terms of water use, for-• est utilization.

On the other hand, the competitiveness of Kenyan cashew processors will always be determined by: Sufficient supply of quality raw materials and products, financing, produc-tion and labour costs, logistics costs, domestic and inter-national market access, provision of technical services and Government support. Competitiveness at this level means processing quality products at minimal cost that

will have an edge and fetch best price at both the international and local market.

The Role of Nuts and Oil Crops Direc-torate (NOCD)Charged with the responsibility of devel-oping, promoting and regulating the nuts and oil crops sub-sector AFA-NOCD is spearheading the desired sustainability and competitiveness in the Cashew nuts industry by:

a) Technical and Advisory Services: Pro-vision of extension services is now a de-volved function, NOCD’s Technical and Advisory Services staff have increased collaborative work with county govern-ments to ensure the sustainability and competitiveness of the entire nuts and oil

crops sub-sector.

b) Collaborative Research: Research is key in develop-ing appropriate plant varieties, determining where, when, how and what pesticides, fertilizers and other chemicals to use in the farm among other agronomy requirements. In line with the directorate’s role of setting the sub-sector’s

research priorities NOCD is collaborating with KALRO Mtwapa station.

c) Provision of quality planting materials: NOCD has supported distribution of 6,000 quality ca-shew nut seed material to the farmers in Kilifi, Kwale and Tana River Counties.

d) Capacity building Processors: To support companies obtain sustainability and competi-tiveness, NOCD through its Product Develop-ment Department has developed a learning program for training processors on value addi-tion. The recent activity was Capacity Building of small-scale Nuts processors at Ukunda in Kwale, and Murakaya in Kilifi counties.

‘NOCD’s Technical and Advisory Services staff have increased collab-

orative work with county governments to ensure the sustainability and

competitiveness’


The best of Kenyan tea was showcased recently during the Canadian Coffee & Tea Show which took place in Toronto on 24th and 25th Septem-

ber, 2016.

The event showcased roasting, brewing, grinding and espresso machine, premium coffee and tea, green coffee beans and loose tea, baked goods, chocolates and exquisite desserts in the tea and cof-fee industry. The event is Canada’s largest annual beverage fair.

The event brought togetherproducers and consum-ers of tea and coffee including Rwanda, Ethiopia, Malawi, United Kingdom, India, Sri Lanka, China, Argentina and Mexico.

As part of its market diversification strategy, this year Tea Directorate took part through its robust partner-ship with the Kenya High Commission in Canada.

Tea industry stakeholders exhibiting included Just Teas, Emrok Tea Factory and Maisha Commodities. This show marked an important milestone in the Tea industry since Canada is an important emerging market for Kenya’s tea.

Opening New Market Frontiers for Renowned Kenya Tea

Members of the Kenyan Delegation at the Kenya Stand Led by H.E. John L. Lanyasunya, Kenyan Ambassador to Canada (Ma-roon tie, centre). Others are: Mr. Robert Kobia - Commercial Counsellor at the Kenya High Commission in Canada (second left) and Mr. David Muriuki of the AFA’s Tea Directorate – Ke-nya (Third left).


Kenya Tea Gets Top Honours at North America Tea Fair

Kenya tea lived up to its acclaimed global quality when it scooped top awards during the 7th North Amer-

ican Tea Fair and Conference which took place from 20th to 22nd September at the Hilton Niagara Falls, Canada.

The annual event is organized by the Tea Association of Canada and the Tea Association of USA.

Teas presented by Kangaita Tea Fac-tory, one of the smallholder factories managed by the Kenya Tea Develop-ment Agency (KTDA) Ltd, took the 1st position in the white tea category (White Tea and White Silvery Tips) and 2nd po-sition in the black tea category (Black Tea and Black Orthodox – OP1.

KTDA received the Silver Award for en-vironmental sustainability and climate change adaption in the Kenya tea sec-tor.

The sustainability awards are meant to celebrate companies and projects that are helping accelerate tea towards becoming a crop that not only delivers beverage, but also does so in a way that is socially just and has a positive impact on the environment.

Kenya is the third largest producer of tea in the world after China and India and is the leading tea exporter of Black CTC Tea.

There has been a deliberate shift to-wards specialty teas, including Ortho-dox, Green, Purple and White teas in response to demand emanating from new and emerging markets such as the US and Canada.


Mr. Willy Bett, Cabinet Secretary Ministry of Agri-culture, Livestock and Fisheries and The USAID Assistant to the Administrator, Bureau of Food

Security, Beth Dunford officially launched the Kenya Horticulture National Traceability System on 8th Sep-tember 2016 at KALRO office in Nairobi. USAID - Ke-nya Agriculture Value Chain Enterprises funded AFA- HCD to develop a national traceability system.

During the launch, the Cabinet Secretary lauded the support of US government in empowering Kenya Agri-culture sector.

The objectives of this project are:

Develop a data base of all farmers growing beans • and peas in Kenya that is easily accessible by reg-ulatory agencies, produce dealers and importers through upgrading the HCD Enterprise Resource Planning system to an online system. Enhance systems for traceability of produce from • farm to export point through registration of farmers using Geo-referencing. Capacity build staff on traceability and implementa-• tion of geo-referencing tools

During the piloting of the project, the system targeted French beans and Snow peas. The system captured data from farmers in Murang’a, Narok, Meru, Machakos, Kajiado, Taveta, Uasin Gishu, Trans-Nzoia, Nyandarua and Kirinyaga Counties. This involved large exporters: Vegpro and Finlays, Medium exporters: Keitt Ltd, Vert Ltd, Athi farm, Lycan EPZ and Small exporters: Inter-veg, Marja Ltd, Danka Ltd, Jade Fresh

Horticulture Overview

The Agriculture sector contributes 27 % to Kenya’s Gross Domestic Product, with horticulture providing 36 % of the agricultural GDP. The horticulture industry em-ploys over 2.5 million people. The Kenyan horticultural exports have grown from 431 million dollars in 2006 to 904 million dollars in 2015. 70% of the export value is from flower exports while vegetables and Fruits consti-tute 23% and 7% respectively. In view of this, horticul-ture is considered strategic in achieving Kenya’s Vision 2030 as a middle income economy.

Produce Traceability

Traceability of produce is a major requirement for Inter-national Trade in fresh horticulture produce especially fruits and vegetables. Traceability of food is key to as-suring food safety management in the food chain. It answers the questions of when, how, who and where concerning a product. It is a requirement in GAP, GMP and other Hazard Anal-

Kenya Launches The National

The Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries Cabinet Secretary, Mr.

Willy Bett, during the official launch of the National Horticul-

ture Traceability System

ysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) based standards. In the recent past, the horticulture export industry has faced challenges in complying with EU and international food safety requirements.

These include lack of a national traceability system for horticulture produce; frequent interceptions of exports due to exceedance on pesticide maximum residue lev-els (MRLs); and presence of harmful organisms in export consignments. The local sector has too many fragmented smallholder farmers affiliated to multiple exporters hamper traceability. Some exporters lack systems completely and rely on manual system of data capture.

The AFA’s Horticultural Crops Directorate (HCD) lacks an online platform for real time farmer and exporter registra-tion. This Static system does not allow information sharing with stakeholders (particularly farmer register) hence un-able to lock out non complying farm(s) from exporting.

The Directorate is currently relying on auditing whole pro-duce source of a notified exporter which is expensive. HCD relies on self-declared produce source which is subject to manipulation. These challenges pose a threat to the com-petitiveness of Kenyan horticulture exports to international markets and specifically the EU, which accounts for 80% of the market for Kenyan produce.

Why a National Horticulture Traceability System?

Despite lack of a National Traceability System, horticulture exports from Kenya have been growing on average at a rate of 10 percent per year over the last two decades.

However, this growth is no longer tenable without a Na-tional Horticulture Traceability System because of two main reasons: Increased stringent international market re-quirement on produce traceability; and a large number of

smallholder farmers involved in production of export crops, rendering individual export company traceability systems inadequate to meet the minimum traceability threshold re-quired by international market.

The system was developed to increase transparency and accountability in horticultural supply chains in response to recent challenges faced by the industry.

he Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, and Fisheries (MOALF) through Horticultural Crops Directorate (HCD) of Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), in collaboration with the horticulture exporters Associations of Kenya (FPEAK and KFC) and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) have developed an online National Horticulture Traceability System (HTS). Components of the National Horticulture Traceability System.

The system has three main components: a mobile app for registering farmers and capturing routine farm operations and agronomic practices; a web reporting portal for shar-ing information among stakeholders; and a barcode and Quick Reference (QR) code printing module.

The HTS is customized for Kenya’s smallholder-based export industry and can accommodate up to one million farmers. The HTS has the capacity to identify the exact source of a shipment through its GPS coordinates, and generate online production and handling reports required by the market.

Due to the above challenges, USAID-KAVES is collabo-rated with HCD and industry to develop a Technology and Standards based National Produce Traceability System with a view of providing a reference framework for linking data relating to fresh produce from production to distribu-tion.

Horticulture Traceability System

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Presidential Visit: AFA at

Mombasa International

Trade Fair

His Excellency, President Uhu-ru Kenyatta toured AFA’s Stand during this year’s Mombasa In-ternational Trade Fair held from August 31st to September 4th ,

2016 at Mkomani Showgrounds.

During his tour, the President was accompanied by the Agriculture CS Mr Willy Bett, and Mombasa County Governor Hassan Joho. AFA’s Interim Direc-tor General Mr. Alfred Busolo hosted him, where he toured the Authority’s farm demo plot, and interacted with AFA’s various stakeholders exhibiting under the Authority’s umbrella.

Later on, the President awarded the Authority as the best Regulatory Authority Stand, an award that was received by IDG Alfred Busolo.

AFA Directorates’/Commodities Fund’s Contacts

Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) Tea House | Naivasha Road, Off Ngong Road || P.O. Box 37962 - 00100 NAIROBILandline: (+254 20) 3872421 || Cell phone: (+254)722-200556; (+254)734-600944Email: [email protected] || Website: www.agricultureauthority.go.ke

Tea DirectorateTea House | Naivasha Road, Off Ngong RoadP.O. Box 20064 – 00200 NAIROBILandline: (+254 20) 2536869 | 2536886Cellphone: (+254) 722-200556| (+254) 734600944; Fax: (+254 20) 3862120Email: [email protected]

Sugar DirectorateSukari Plaza, Upper Kabete, Off Waiyaki way, P.O Box 51500 - 00200 Nairobi, Tel: +254 20 8018750/1/2/3; Mobile: +254 722-203127/ 8, 733-333378/ 9; Fax: +254 20 2021266 SMS: 6554, Hotline: 0707349908 Email: [email protected]

Coffee DirectorateCoffee Plaza Bldg, 10th Floor, Haile Selassie AvenueP. O. Box 30566 – 00100 NAIROBIPhone: +254 20 342717, +254 20 342358Mobile: 0710 670 026, 0788109426Tel: 0707 100 100 or +254 20 315242 Email: [email protected]

Nuts and Oil Crops DirectorateNSSF Building, 6th Floor, Nkrumah Road P. O. Box 84351-80100, MOMBASALandline: (041)2319616, (041)2319617, (041)2319613, Cell phone: 0702217682 / 0737217682.Email: [email protected]

Pyrethrum and Other industrial Crops DirectorateGENERAL MATHENGE RDP.O. Box 420-20100 – NAKURUTEL: 254-5121156/70/72Email: [email protected]

Food DirectorateSukari Plaza, Upper Kabete, Off Waiyaki way, P. O. Box 51500 - 00200 NAIROBITel: +254 20 801 8750/1/2/3 Mobile: +254 722-203127/ 8, 733-333378/ 9 Fax: +254 20 2021266Email: [email protected]

Horticultural Crops DirectorateAirport Road Opposite J.K.I.AP.O. Box 42601 -00100 NAIROBITel +254 20 2088469/ 3597362/3597356/ 2131560Email: [email protected]

Fibre Crops DirectorateWest Riverside Lane, off Riverside DriveP O Box 66271—00800 Westlands, NAIROBITel: +254202339829 +254202339829/30Email: [email protected]

Commodities FundKenya Railways Headquarters Building - Block D; 2nd floor; Workshop Road, Off Haile Selassie Avenue

P.O. Box 52714 -00200 NAIROBITel: (+254) 20 2210806/7/9/12 || Mobile: 0737204278/9, 0728602427/8|| Fax: 2210816

Email: [email protected]: www.codf.co.ke

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