Trademark Africa (TMA) has signed a technical and financial support agreement with the National Horticulture Taskforce (NHT). These entities committed to strengthening and sustaining investments in Kenya’s fresh produce exports. The agreement was signed as part of the EU-funded Business Environment and Export Enhancing Programme (BEEEP), which is among other areas supporting the transition of 50 percent of fresh produce exports from Kenya from air to sea freight by the year 2030.
The agreement was signed in Nairobi on Thursday at an event that brought together stakeholders from the logistics sector to assess the state of agro logistics in Kenya and review the development of Kenya’s master plan on the modal shift of fresh produce exports from air to sea freight.
TMA Kenya Country Director Ahmed Farah said that as the world moves towards more sustainable production, there has been a need for Kenyan producers to integrate sustainable agricultural practices and environmental impact mitigation strategies contributing towards the actualization of net zero carbon emissions.
Airfreighting from Kenya to Europe generates substantially higher greenhouse gases compared to sea freight (1 kilogram of air-freighted green beans emits as much as 177 kilograms of sea-freighted green beans).
Source: kenyanews.go.ke