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Kenya's flower industry restructures for EurepGAP
Submitted by kev on March 31, 2006 - 12:32.
Kenyan newspaper The Standard is reporting about changes to the export market for cut flowers.
The small-scale farmers have been unable to meet the high cost of certification required by foreign certifying bodies. "This is why the Government through financial support from the development partners are developing a programme to keep the small scale farmers afloat," said Muriithi. The small-scale farmers, who accounted for more than half of Kenya’s flowers export market a decade ago, now supply less than ten per cent of the total export volumes.
What's interesting is that this is a public body in Kenya dealing with a private body in Europe (Eurepgap).
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