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THE SECOND SPEAKER’S ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSES AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY
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…
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NAROK COUNTY LAUNCHES THE 2019 POTATO REGULATIONS
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…
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IMPORTED SEED POTATO TO BE AFFECTED BY NEW GOVERNMENT DIRECTIVE
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…
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POTATO SEED TRADE MEETING
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…
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NYERI COUNTY LAUNCHES THE 2019 POTATO REGULATIONS
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…
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THE AGRICULTURE STAKEHOLDERS’ WORKSHOP
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…
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JOINT WORKSHOP ON THE DRAFT WAREHOUSE RECEIPT SYSTEM REGULATIONS, 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…
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NEW KEBS TECHNICAL COMMITTEE MEMBERS INDUCTION
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…
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V4CP Contribution in Addressing Post-Harvest losses in the Potato Value Chain through Policy Advocacy and lobbying for Public Private Partnerships
Voice for Change Partnership (V4CP) program running from 2016-2020, led by the Netherlands Development organization (SNV) is a multi-country and multi-sector project (funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs of…
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POTATO TEAM MAKES IT AGAIN IN THE 2019 STANDARD CHARTERED MARATHON!
The Standard Chartered Marathon is an annual event that aims at raising funds for various community initiatives. The 2019 Standard Chartered Marathon aimed at among other things, tackling inequality…
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