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Floriculture

True Reflection of Kenya’s Flower Industry for the last three decades
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Germany Floriculture Market

14: 02: 2026 The flowers and ornamental plants market remained under considerable pressure in 2025, with varying performance across product categories. This is according to…

Surprising prices on the auction

14: 05: 2026 Public holidays, early auction days and international floral events made for two exceptional weeks at the clock. Auctioneer Erik Wassenaar observed fluctuating…

Will Flowers Become a Luxury few can Afford?

14: 05: 2026 Flowers have long been woven into the world’s most cherished celebrations, marking life’s biggest moments with colour, emotion and meaning. From Valentine’s…

German Horticulture sector Pushes for Urgent Reforms

14: 05: 2026 Germany’s horticulture industry is calling for significant changes to proposed packaging legislation, warning that the draft law to implement the EU Packaging…

Not So Rosy Mothers Day

14: 05: 2026 Mother’s Day Rose Market Falls Short as Oversupply Weighs on Prices The rose market in the Netherlands delivered a disappointing performance around…

Macronmania

14: 05: 2026 Yesterday morning, my longtime friend JT called for what was meant to be a straightforward discussion on advertising. Yet before we could…

How UAE florists absorbed a 120% supply cost

14: 05: 2026 UAE Flowers has reported that the UAE floral industry has successfully navigated one of the most disruptive supply-chain stretches in recent years…

Fewer Farms, Shrinking Space

14: 05: 2026 The latest 2025 Ornamental Plant Survey from Germany paints a clear picture of an industry under sustained structural pressure, with both the…

Daily Amsterdam–Nairobi Perishables Freight Flights Launched

14: 05: 2026 KQ Cargo has introduced seven weekly freight flights between Amsterdam and Nairobi, strengthening air cargo connectivity between Europe and Africa and improving…

Africa Forward Summit Must Unlock Africa’s Agricultural Value Chain Potential

14: 05: 2026 By Mutahi Kagwe For decades, discussions about Africa’s development have largely revolved around aid, debt, and security partnerships shaped in capitals far…

Thank You John

07: 05: 2026 Masila Kanyingi Every day, hundreds of emails commenting on my different articles pop into my laptop. Some are routine, some are critical…

Cool Political Temperature for the Flower Industry to Thrive

07: 05: 2026 Kenya’s flower industry has never asked for special treatment. It has only ever asked for one thing: stability. Few sectors demonstrate the…

My First Grower

30: 04: 2026 Over the weekend, I visited my ageing mother. We sat beneath the generous shade of the old mango tree in her compound…