Listed agribusiness and superfoods producer Kakuzi PLC has welcomed the Avocado Export season opening notification announced by the sector regulator with an offer to provide free maturity testing services to smallholder farmers.
Following the notification issued early this week by the Agriculture and Food Authority (AFA) through its Horticultural Crops Directorate (HCD), harvesting avocados for export will now be opened on March 1, 2024. It will be subject to strict compliance with the prescribed maturity and related market access standards.
With the strict regulatory requirements outlined by AFA-HCD, Kakuzi PLC Managing Director Chris Flowers has confirmed that Kakuzi’s free avocado maturity testing services will be available starting Wednesday next week.
“Kakuzi welcomes the directive provided by AFA-HCD and confirms that for shared prosperity, we shall be providing free Avocado maturity testing services for all smallholder farmers to ensure compliance with the regulatory, national and international market requirements,” Flowers stated.