Kenya is family to the world ’s best producers of flowers making a huge contribution to the economy . Globally , Kenya is among the top four countries in the output of flowers .
by Clement Tulezi , CEO Kenya Flower Council
leverage film editing - border engineering , the floriculture industry in Kenya provide lineal employment to an gauge 150,000 people , majority char , and overall , creates employment for more than a million people indirectly , impacting in excess of 6 million lives . Export salary from gelded flowers grow by 37.7 per penny from Kshs . 82 billion in 2017 to Kshs 113.2 billion in 2018 , according to number from government ’s Horticultural Crops Directorate . The industry thus kick in importantly to the achievement of Kenya ’s Vision 2030 and the Governments Big 4 agenda .
Kenya continues to broaden , and today , Kenya export to over 60 finish . Looking ahead with more chance in Japan , China , India , Australia , Canada , the United States and Eastern Europe , Kenya ’s heyday industry is in unspoilt shape . KFC presently hold the presidency of Union Fleurs – the International Flower Trade Association whose main purpose is to represent and advance the interests of bargainer of shortened prime , reduce leaf and pot works .
Since 1996 , Kenya Flower Council ( KFC ) has promoted sustainable flower gardening in Kenya . KFC represents the legal age of the industry . Moreover , it has show an internationally benchmarked standard through the EU - based Floriculture Sustainability Initiative ( FSI ) for sustainable social and environmental practice . KFC Silver standard , formally known as the Flowers and Ornamentals Sustainability Standard ( F.O.S.S ) meets both societal and environmental necessary set by FSI .
In May 2019 , F.O.S.S was accepted as compliant with the enhanced environmental criterion through the modulation period to the terminal of 2020 . After 2020 , sustainable production under FSI will be set according to the combined benchmarks on farming , societal and environmental practice .
The International Floriculture Trade Expo ( IFTEX ) in Nairobi is the leading floriculture exhibition in Africa , play together cultivator , the mart , breeder and the entire provision chain . KFC is enthralled to be working with HPP International Group B.V. to support sustainable floriculture in Kenya . IFTEX offers a political program for actors in the supply chain to establish and maintain business relations and an opportunity to adjust current yield , logistics and merchandising strategy .
For more entropy : IFTEXwww.iftex.org
