Horticultural News January - February issue

Between
June
and
November
2011;
¥ Overall
inflation
hiked
36%,
from
14.49%
in
June
to
19.72%
in
November.
¥ Retail
volumes
transacted
during
the
period
dropped
by
13%
(from
297,275MT
to
260,026MT).
¥ Retail
values
dropped
by
11%
from
Ksh
14.2
billion
to
Ksh
12.5
billion
Regional
trend

for
vegetables
(MT)
Regions
 Jun‐11
 Jul‐11
 Aug‐11
 Sep‐11
 Oct‐11
 Nov‐11
 Total
Eastern
 60,564
 61,221
 59,168
 52,566
 65,018
 57,328
 355,864
Nairobi
 46,471
 38,868
 34,869
 33,955
 38,092
 36,883
 229,139
Nyanza
 30,721
 33,603
 34,600
 33,048
 38,896
 35,678
 206,545
Coast
 19,035
 21,487
 20,103
 18,998
 20,532
 20,315
 120,471
Central
 18,796
 18,274
 19,186
 18,000
 19,048
 16,743
 110,046
Rift
valley
 13,569
 15,300
 15,224
 14,830
 15,984
 14,028
 88,935
Western
 11,737
 10,593
 8,731
 9,390
 11,519
 11,635
 63,606
Total
 200,892
 199,347
 191,881
 180,787
 209,090
 192,610
 1,174,608
Regional
trend

for
fruits
(MT)
Total
Products
‐
Absolute
Volumes
in
MT
Regions
 Jun‐11
 Jul‐11
 Aug‐11
 Sep‐11
 Oct‐11
 Nov‐11
 Total
Nairobi
 36,130
 25,914
 19,709
 16,195
 20,400
 19,698
 138,047
Eastern
 13,723
 11,432
 12,170
 10,639
 12,935
 13,959
 74,857
Central
 16,307
 12,642
 9,903
 8,347
 8,490
 8,624
 64,312
Nyanza
 10,232
 10,537
 9,943
 8,862
 10,407
 9,543
 59,523
Rift
valley
 10,266
 9,702
 8,016
 7,383
 7,377
 7,624
 50,368
Coast
 8,073
 8,703
 7,926
 5,264
 4,812
 6,278
 41,055
Western
 1,651
 1,461
 1,097
 907
 1,637
 1,690
 8,443
Total
 96,382
 80,390
 68,764
 57,597
 66,056
 67,415
 436,605
Regional
market
overview
sales
volume
(MT)
Regions
 Jun‐11
 Jul‐11
 Aug‐11
 Sep‐11
 Oct‐11
 Nov‐11
 Total
Eastern
 74,287
 72,652
 71,337
 63,204
 77,953
 71,287
 430,721
Nairobi
 82,602
 64,782
 54,578
 50,150
 58,492
 56,581
 367,186
Nyanza
 40,953
 44,140
 44,544
 41,910
 49,302
 45,220
 266,069
Central
 35,103
 30,916
 29,089
 26,346
 27,538
 25,366
 174,358
Coast
 27,107
 30,190
 28,029
 24,263
 25,344
 26,593
 161,526
Rift
valley
 23,835
 25,002
 23,240
 22,213
 23,361
 21,653
 139,304
Western
 13,388
 12,054
 9,828
 10,297
 13,156
 13,325
 72,049
Total
 297,275
 279,737
 260,646
 238,383
 275,146
 260,026
 1,611,213
H O R T I C U LT U R A L N E W S I j a n u a r y - F E B r u a r y 2 0 1 2 57
KENYA HIGHLAND SEED INTRODUCES PRO
CABBAGE VARIETIES……….
AS THE LENGENDRY COPENHAGEN TASTE IS B
FEATURES
CABBAGE BLUE JAYS F1
Uniform early maturing variety Glossy attractive head type
� Very early maturing cabbage with the easy to cook glossy looking hea
weight of 3kg.
� The variety brings back the legendry Copenhagen taste and the lost sl
� Adapted to both hot and cold regions, it mature in only 55 days in hot
regions.
� At a spacing of 45cm x 45cm, it gives a high profiting plant population
20,000 plants /Acre, with potential of 150T/Ha or 60T/Acre. The conv
plant population of 28,000 plants/Ha or 11,000 plants /Acre at a spac
� Excellent transport quality
� Sweet taste
� Easy to grow
� High market demand
� Vigorous and uniformly growing variety
Resistances: