Kenya - Standards and Trade Development Facility
Kenya - Standards and Trade Development Facility
Kenya - Standards and Trade Development Facility
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Products/markets SPS compliance constraints Ongoing <strong>and</strong> plannedassistanceTraditional commodities<strong>Kenya</strong>’s traditional cash crops Major constraints in coffee export are(coffee <strong>and</strong> tea) provide a livelihood mainly non-SPS factors includingfor more than 750,000 <strong>and</strong> small price decline, competition from Latingrowers <strong>and</strong> plantation employees. America <strong>and</strong> Asia, <strong>and</strong> countryCoffee exports declined over past specific conditions attributed totwo decades from about US$320m policy environment, government(1985) to US$110m (2004), while tea interventions, <strong>and</strong> inefficiency ofexports exp<strong>and</strong>ed from US$300m to cooperatives.US$400m during the same period.<strong>Kenya</strong> is the second largest teaexporter world-wide (after SriLanka).Coffee Board of <strong>Kenya</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Kenya</strong>Tea <strong>Development</strong> Agency areresponsible for regulatory <strong>and</strong>marketing functions of coffee <strong>and</strong>tea, respectively.Strategies to target niche <strong>and</strong> highervalue markets, like specialty <strong>and</strong>organic products, have grown inimportance.At present, no specific SPSconstraints reported but problemsrelated to pesticides (anticipatingstricter MRLs) <strong>and</strong> fumigationpractices <strong>and</strong> mycotoxins resultingfrom h<strong>and</strong>ling <strong>and</strong> storage practicescould be serious challenges in nearfuture. Pre-emptive actions arerecommended.Various donors have providedgeneral agricultural support orsupport related to upgrading thequality of specific commoditiesin the past.Specific ongoing <strong>and</strong> plannedactivities include a projectfunded by the Bill <strong>and</strong> MelindaGates Foundation to supportsmall-scale coffee farmers inEast Africa.Recommended actions/gapsThe market for traditional commoditiesis increasingly dominated by privatest<strong>and</strong>ards with non-SPS elements e.g.fair trade, organic, private labelsincluding environmental <strong>and</strong> socialaspects.. Besides investigating furtheropportunities for organic produce <strong>and</strong>br<strong>and</strong>ing of coffee <strong>and</strong> tea, furtherpromotion of basic/good practices(h<strong>and</strong>ling, drying, etc.) <strong>and</strong> training tosmall-scale producers is recommended.Continue monitoring MRLs <strong>and</strong>myctoxins in tea <strong>and</strong> coffee in line withCodex st<strong>and</strong>ards <strong>and</strong> requirements oftarget export market countries (EU,USA, Japan, etc.).Priority219
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