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POTATO VOCABULARIES EXPLAINED
Posted on January 20, 2020
This month, we shall learn about two Common Potato pests; Aphids and Tuber moth. Aphids This is an insect that sucks sap from plants and transmit viral diseases like potato leaf roll virus. Left a Picture of Potato leaf infected by viral disease spread by aphids. Right: a […]

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POTATO GOODNESS CORNER
Posted on January 20, 2020
In the potato goodness corner, we shall look at how to prepare Potato smoothie. Ingredients: 4 large potatoes 2 cups of milk 2 table spoons of cocoa powder 1 table spoon smooth peanut butter (Optional) 2 table spoonsful of honey or any other sweetener. Directions: Peel the potatoes and cut them into small sizes. […]

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THE SECOND SPEAKER’S ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY
Posted on December 10, 2019
The National Potato Council of Kenya (NPCK) participated in the second Speaker’s Roundtable meeting with the 12th Parliament from 17th to 19th October 2019 in Mombasa. The Speaker’s Roundtable meetings enables the private sector to conduct structured engagement with both Houses of Parliament (the National Assembly and the Senate). Building on the success of the previous Speakers’ Roundtable […]

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NAROK COUNTY LAUNCHES THE 2019 POTATO REGULATIONS
Posted on December 10, 2019
The county government of Narok continues to engage all potato stakeholders with an aim of developing the potato industry in the county. On 9th September 2019, the county convened a meeting in Enkare area, Narok East Ward. The purpose of the meeting was to officially launch the Crops Irish (Potato Regulations) 2019 and set the […]

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IMPORTED SEED POTATO TO BE AFFECTED BY NEW GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVE
Posted on December 10, 2019
Recently Kenya Bureau of Standards had started implementing a government circular on Pre-Export Verification of Conformity (PVoC). The circular directs imports including potatoes to have a PVoC certificate from country of origin. It also directs reduction of government agents at points of entry and KEBS to be the lead clearing agent at ports of entry. […]

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POTATO SEED TRADE MEETING
Posted on December 10, 2019
Availability, access and affordability of quality certified seed potato remains a major problem in the potato subsector. It is in this regard that the KEPHIS convened a meeting on 8th October 2019 to discuss new technologies such as apical cuttings, tissue culture and aeroponics. Organizations present included Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT), […]

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NYERI COUNTY LAUNCHES THE 2019 POTATO REGULATIONS
Posted on December 10, 2019
The County Government of Nyeri has joined other counties in launching the Crops Act (Potato Regulation) 2019 in a meeting organized in the county on 15th October 2019. Among the attendees were county enforcement unit, ministry of trade, department of agriculture, Agricultural Council of Kenya (AgCK), Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA), Agricultural Sector Development Support […]

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THE AGRICULTURE STAKEHOLDERS’ WORKSHOP
Posted on December 10, 2019
NPCK participated in an agriculture stakeholders’ workshop that took place on 26th September 2019 in Nairobi. The workshop was as a result of the need by Agriculture Stakeholders to create an umbrella body for the entire agricultural sector in Kenya in order to have a more unified and stronger voice. The umbrella body is called […]

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JOINT WORKSHOP ON THE DRAFT WAREHOUSE RECEIPT SYSTEM REGULATIONS, 2019
Posted on December 10, 2019
The Potato Council participated in a joint stakeholders’ consultative workshop on the draft capital markets regulations, 2019 and the draft Warehouse Receipt System Regulations, 2019 that was held on 18th September 2019 at Kenya School of Monetary Studies. Detailed presentation of the two drafts was done . Stakeholders were then invited to give their inputs […]

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NEW KEBS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS INDUCTION
Posted on December 10, 2019
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) is a government agency mandated with the provision of Standards, Metrology and Conformity Assessment (SMCA) services. In its role of standard provision KEBS has constituted various Technical Committees so as to tap into the private sector expertise in developing standards. Recently, KEBS organized training in Nairobi for new technical […]

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