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Floriculture

FLiPPER® by Bayer East Africa is the New Weapon against Thrips, Mealybugs and Spider Mites

Bayer East Africa officially launched FLiPPER®, an innovative biological insecticide, at Interplant Roses in Naivasha. The event brought together flower growers and key industry stakeholders...

Factors That Can Influence Pesticide Resistance & Pesticide Applications

Resistance to pesticides, in this case, insecticides and miticides, is a change in the sensitivity of an insect or mite pest population that’s reflected in...

Kenya Railways to Transport Perishables with New Reefer Wagons

Kenya Railways Corporation (KRC) recently launched a new initiative to enhance the transportation of perishable goods by deploying specialized refrigerated wagons, known as reefer wagons...

South Africa Expands Avocado Exports to China

South Africa is expanding its avocado exports to China, with the recent shipment of a 40ft container containing 21 tons of avocados in 2024. This...

Multi-Transaction Auctioning Becomes the New Standard in Auctioning

by Royal FloraHolland Step by step, we tested and improved multi-transaction auctioning (MTA). With this method of auctioning, multiple transactions can be done on one...

Flower Logistics Africa 2025

Industry stakeholders in the floriculture sector convened in Nairobi this week for the Flower Logistics Africa 2025 Expo to tackle challenges facing the flower export...

Averting Disruption of Flower Exports to the European Union

Flowers accounted for the largest export share in values with the country exporting 102,475.80 tonnes valued at Ksh 72.1 billion (53% of total export values)...

Traders Get Reprieve as KEPHIS Suspends New Port Inspection Fees

Businesses relying on the Mombasa port can breathe a sigh of relief after the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (Kephis) put on hold newly introduced...