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Lucy Namu on 2 nd September 2014

Food Safety Systems for Export – A case of the horticultural sub-sector in Kenya. A presentation made during the New Zealand and South Africa Trilateral Workshop by. Lucy Namu on 2 nd September 2014. Presentation outline. General background to horticultural subsector.

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Lucy Namu on 2 nd September 2014

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  1. Food Safety Systems for Export – A case of the horticultural sub-sector in Kenya A presentation made during the New Zealand and South Africa Trilateral Workshop by Lucy Namu on 2nd September 2014

  2. Presentation outline • General background to horticultural subsector. • Growth of the industry. • Structure of industry. • Lessons learnt. • Recommendations and way forward.

  3. General background to the Kenyan horticultural sub-sector

  4. Background • Up to 80% of rural population is employed in agriculture and its related industries. • Most growers produce on less than half a hectare. • Horticulture contributes 36% of Agriculture’s GDP. • Trade in vegetables about 40 years old • Exports of beans in pods (BP) and peas in pods (PP) constituted over 30% of total vegetable exports to the European Union in 2011. In 2009-2011 the total tonnage was 68,370.67 Metric tonnes.

  5. Contribution of horticulture to the GDP MAPS = Medicinal and Aromatic Plants 30% constitutes beans and peas in pods

  6. Growth of the industry

  7. Value of Horticultural Exports 2001 - 2012

  8. Strong advantages of the beans and peas in pods exports • Kenyan beans in pods are of high quality due to their positive organoleptic attributes. • They soften on steaming • Don’t have stringy fibrous texture • Compatible with other vegetables • They are available all year round • Strong support on marketing support • High demand in EU market for produce, they have taken a fairly large proportion of this market; business has been running generally well (until 2013).

  9. Structure of industry.

  10. Structure of industry.../2 • Producers: Growers mainly small holder farmers • Middlemen: formalized as suppliers / marketing agents • Exporter and processors: business entities • Importers: linkage to external market • CHANGES SINCE 2011: Formalization of supply chain players.

  11. Components of export assurance system • Involvement of government with: • Producers: • Training in emerging issues and compliance requirements: • Jointly undertaken by the Competent Authorities with expertise in specific areas • Training in market requirements and technical information on optimal production • Suppliers / marketing agents: registration of individual suppliers/agents • Currently in developing codes of practice • Exporter and processors: • Registration of business entities • Obligations to implement contractual farming.

  12. Components of export assurance system../2 • Involvement of independent verification / audit / sampling plans and laboratories • National monitoring program implemented by Competent Authority (CA) - sampling plan • Testing - CA • Independent verifications – CA; private food business operators • Degree and frequency of foreign audit / testing at borders: • Currently beans and peas in pods under increased checks at EU DPE

  13. Components of export assurance system../3 • Importance of supply chain integration: • Provision of information on emerging challenge • Knowledge (legislation, regulations, standards) and authority to implement appropriate control and verification measure

  14. Horticulture Competent Authority Structure (HCAS)

  15. Lessons learnt • Changes in market regulations (mainly EU) have made increasing challenges in compliance with requirements • Important to improve on knowledge gaps • Need to develop a robust food safety system involved from primary production to table – Kenyan value chain has been driven towards market / private standard requirements. • Business entities not always able to invest in improvement of primary production – government could set up incentive schemes for investment • Robust support system required at primary production level

  16. Recommendations for expanding market • Understand the regulatory environment that is affecting trade • Develop a comprehensive system - provide for capacity building especially for small holders. • Emphasis that the ensuring food safety should be the primary role of food business and producer entities. • Product diversification • Specific product branding for specific target markets • Ensure robustness of the food safety control system to provide for continued compliance.

  17. Core principles of a credible export assurance system • Should be hinged on legislative requirements – evolve legislative requirements - "Due diligence" principle • Must be transparent, should be auditable and provide for appropriate level of documentation to re-construct a system. • Ensure operators submit their methods to risk analysis and implement control measures. • Provide industry with a self assessment system for continuously ensuring compliance. Should be based on sector analysis

  18. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION: KENYA PLANT HEALTH INSPECTORATE SERVICE (KEPHIS) P. O. Box 49592-00100 Nairobi, Kenya. Tel: +254-20-3536171 or 3536172 Fax: +254-20-3536175 E-mails: lnamu@kephis.org Website: www.kephis.org

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