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Floriculture

True Reflection of Kenya’s Flower Industry for the last three decades
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16: 04: 2026 On a quiet morning at BloomRise Flower Farm, just as the sun stretched lazily over rows of perfectly aligned roses, a crisis…

Geopolitical Storms and Freight Realities: Safeguarding Ethiopia’s Floriculture Future

16:04:2026 By Mekonnen Solomon The eruption of the USA-Israel-Iran conflict on 28 February 2026 has profoundly reshaped the security landscape of the Middle East and…

Hidden danger on your plate

16: 04: 2026 What you put in your grocery basket at the local market could be directly dictating the level of pesticide toxins in your…

Profit or Expertise for Foreign Investors

16: 04: 2026 By Masila Kanyingi As a mature professional, aggressive and ambitious, constantly in motion chasing opportunity, I often return to a line by…

What Global Supply Chain Disruptions Mean for Flower Growers

09: 04: 2026 A new semiannual fertilizer outlook by Rabobank’s RaboResearch Food and Agribusiness team paints a sobering picture for growers in 2026. Led by…

Biased and Subjective

Some days at Floriweek feel like a relay race with no baton, only urgency. Today, thursday, April 9, 2026 was one of them. I began…

Why Pesticide Residues Remain Long After Use

09: 04: 2026 Persistent Chemicals in the EnvironmentPesticides do not vanish once their application stops or products are withdrawn from the market. Many compounds, particularly…

Monitoring: The Backbone of Effective IPM for Kenyan Growers

Monitoring is the thread that ties every element of an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) programme together. For Kenyan flower and horticultural growers operating in increasingly…

Jet Fuel Crisis and Rising Freight Costs

09: 04: 2026 Fuel Fears Take offKenya’s floriculture industry, one of the country’s leading foreign exchange earners, is navigating a period of heightened uncertainty as…

How Humates Can Help Kenyan Flower Growers Navigate Fertilizer Shortages

Fertilizer Supply Challenges and Their Impact The ripple effects of the ongoing Middle East crisis are being felt far beyond the region, with global fertilizer…

An Interview with Josiah Syanda Deputy Director, KEPHIS JKIA

09: 04: 2026 Briefly introduce the KEPHIS JKIA office and its role within the overall mandate? Jomo Kenyatta International Airport regional office was initially a…

Between Quiet Meaning and Urgent Markets

2nd April 2026 Masila Kanyingi It is Tuesday night, three days to Easter. For much of the world, the season is settling into reflection—a sacred…

Soil Salinity: Mechanisms, Indicators and Pathways to Resilient Production

2nd April 2026 An Emerging Constraint in High-Value Flower Systems Soil salinity is steadily becoming one of the most critical constraints in modern irrigated agriculture…