Kenya’s Horticultural Crops Department reports that 17 out of 29 rejections of horticultural produce in the international market in the last three years is due to the False Codling Moth (FCM). The pest attacks pepper, avocado, citrus, macadamia, mangoes and cotton among other crops. The larvae burrow at the stem end into the fruit and …
By George Munene According to China’s Director-General of the Department of African Affairs, Wu Peng, the first batch of Kenyan avocados arrived in Shanghai on Wednesday with Chinese importers showing strong interest in their high quality and plan to import on a bigger scale. The arrival of the inaugural shipment of Hass variety avocado from …
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The International Potato Center (CIP) in collaboration with the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) have validated a new technology to detect bacterial wilt in potatoes. The cost-effective field deployable LAMP (Loop-mediated Isothermal Amplification) assay for the detection of bacteria that causes wilt from stem, leaf, tuber and soil will speed up the seed inspection …
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The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service in conjunction with the County Government of Kirinyaga last week conducted a farmers’ field day aimed at promoting the production of clean Hass avocado seedlings and orange fleshed sweet potato seedlings. According to KEPHIS, more than half of farmers in the country use uncertified seeds. The county has a …
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Maize farmers can identify genuine planting seeds this season by scratching the sticker labels on top of the packaged product and sending the code to 1393. “The labels when scratched reveals a code, farmers can send the code to the number 1393 to ascertain if the seeds are genuine” said Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service …
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Guests having a glance of some of the products shocased by various exhibitors during the National Avocado Ehibition and Conference at Murang’a University of Technology. Photo: Oyugi Zablon. Avocado Society of Kenya is encouraging farmers to venture and increase commercial production of the crop as the country expect more export market from China. The country …
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The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service is set to conduct a training course for potato growers in the country from 12th to 16th August 2019 to bridge the current deficit of certified seeds which stand at five per cent against a target of 10 per cent. “Kenyan farmers currently experience a shortage of certified potato …
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The Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has launched a new high yielding fast maturing coconut variety for Kenyan Coast farmers. The new hybrid variety, a cross between the conventional tall coconut variety and the dwarf variety – is bound to change the fortunes of families at the coast as it takes about three years …
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Stakeholders in the horticulture export sub-sector last week converged at KEPHIS Headquarters to discuss pertinent issues affecting beans and peas in pods exports to the European Union (EU) market. The EU has placed Kenya on the radar as one of the countries with 10 per cent increased Maximum Residual Levels (MRLs), which are the set legal …
KEPHIS Headquarters, Nairobi – National Plant Protection Organizations from Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Burundi and Rwanda, experts of fruits and vegetables international standards, horticulture exporters and representatives from private firms are at KEPHIS Headquarters to discuss market standards, export and import requirements, food safety, traceability and emerging issues under the Fresh Fruits and Vegetables(FFV)schemes. The workshop, under …
