Kenya has lost part of its global market share in horticulture in the last five years. According to a new study, despite a jump in exports of fruits and vegetables from 100,000 tonnes in 1997 to 350,000 tonnes in 2013, Kenya’s global market share fell to 1.23 per cent […]
EU reaches trade deal with East Africa The East African Community (EAC) has finally reached a trade agreement with the European Union. After two days of talks in Brussels they signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). This means that the import duty Kenyan horticultural exporters to the EU were paying […]
The Pest Control Products Board (PCPB), the farm chemicals regulator in Kenya, has blamed the European Union (EU) for frequent changes in rules that threaten to lock Kenya’s fresh produce out of its market. “The EU keeps on changing rules and regulations on export of produce to its market and […]
