After skipping two editions , it ’s finally time again for a young edition of the International Floriculture Trade Exhibition ( IFTEX ) in Nairobi , Kenya . harmonize to Dick van Raamsdonk with HPP , who organizes the mediocre , around 80 % of the participant are back . And that ’s not a bad score at all : a few outside suppliers are absent , and due to integration , there are also slightly fewer growers , but all the major producers and breeders are present . Moreover , visitors show up in large number , it is crowded , and see the fair feels no dissimilar as compare to pre - covid time .
gap ceremony
As Richard Fernandes , chairman of the Kenya Flower Council ( KFC ) , stated in the opening ceremony , the past few years were not easy . Nevertheless , the sphere as a whole has farm significantly . While 135,000 lashings of flower were ship out in 2020 , this twelvemonth , the sector is heading for 210,000 net ton . A parallel development , Richard explains , is a grow focussing on Asia . The Netherlands is by far the big vendee of African flowers , but the percentage of ( in peculiar ) China in the intact decorative works culture sphere is enlarge rapidly .
Signing the Framework of Cooperation
Duncan Magambi , Johnstone Mulary , Albert Otieno , and Benard Nyambega with KFC
Yet St. Elmo’s fire is not decease , and we are not just talking about traveling restrictions . Transport has become alarmingly more expensive , now describe for almost 50 % of the output price . No admiration rapture is one of the most important topics . This morning at the bazaar , the Flowers by Sea Conference was coordinate , and at the opening , a Framework of Cooperation * was sign . In this model , KFC and the Dutch Embassy agree to further explore and elevate the possibilities for transport by sea . " If we were to do it by ocean , CO2 emissions would be reduced by 90 % , while at the same time consumers are becoming increasingly more decisive as to the origin and ways of production of our products . "
Esther Katini , Beatrice Chemeli , William Murgor , Joel Busieney , and Ruth Jebet with Zena Roses ltd
Salim Juma , Shadrack Ngaruiya , Sammy Okwara , Vikas Chaudhari and Zakari Okubaja with East African Business Company
As in the old days , FloralDaily is present to hunt for news and visit all the boots . An all-inclusive photo report will postdate later . quell tuned !
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