IFTEX is a wrapper and vibes on the show floor were positive . The Kenyan floriculture land area and the assortment is increase and quality sustain amend . Despite the success , growers are faced with several challenges . Now , let ’s take a facial expression at what mass let the cat out of the bag about the most .
Allam Kaguchia , managing director Oboya Horticultural Kenya and his son Myles . fresh in their assortment the vendue buckets , TB trolleys , branded sleeves and clamshells ( for the balmy fruit industry ) . Special about these bucket is that they have an extension .
Botrytis is one of the main issues growers were deal with last calendar month due to the humid weather . Fortunately , the weather improved . When looking at the costs , they are in high spirits and puffiness is contributing to it . Prices for plant food , for example , are still high . They have come down , but have not reached their previous levels yet . Also , prices of electrical energy , fuel , freightage , and piss have gone up , and more increase are expected as the new financial banker’s bill will result in high taxes .
Aruk Mishra of Shalimar Fresh . They produce a tumid assortment of summertime prime , make bouquets on site and are excited to herald that they just acquired Karaturi . More on this later on FloralDaily .
as luck would have it , sales seem to have been good over the last 6 month . After Covid , meter were challenging , but requirement move up after and dropped when the warfare in Ukraine start out . As demand recovered , growers begin to plan and look again for opportunities to expand and introduce , and to become more sustainable .
John Kowarsky and Amnin Zamir of Cargolite present their new seafreigt packaging . See the top cartonful with cardboard frame . See here to find out more about Cargolitein this FloralDaily article
Now demand for Europe is going down as the atmospheric condition take up to improve and people look for other activities and vacations of course . It is wait that the need will fall in mid - August . The sales to the Middle East , however , seem to be picking up and at the show , buyers from this part of the world were well represented .
Another trend that was visible at the show was the integration of farm and that more farms are constitute redolence at the source . And regarding innovation , several companies see opportunities in making the Kenyan floriculture industry a more data - ride industry . " Kenyan growers live on WhatsApp and Excel " , an exhibitor chuckles " but once they see the benefits of using their data and AI for instance , alteration is expected . And not only for the cultivator , for the entire industry . "
Antonio Menezes ( world-wide family manager ) and Niels van doorn ( oecumenical manager)of Chrysal . During the IFTEX hebdomad , they usher in a testing facility in Kenya . go over here to interpret more on it on Floraldaily .
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