Farm produce technology Ltd has its registered office in Nairobi Kenya. Our core business is to provide training and consultancy services in food safety systems required in growing and processing agricultural crops particularly fresh fruits and vegetables destined for both local and the export market.

VISION

Our vision is to be a leading food safety consultancy company in Africa. We aim to achieve this vision by offering to our clients the most current, relevant and practical food safety technologies particularly in the fresh produce sub-sector (Fruits and vegetables).

MISSION

Our mission is to grow our clients’ business by working with them in the training, implementation and accreditation to internationally recognized food safety   technical standards aimed at increasing their customer confidence and market share as well.

RATIONAL
Over the past two decades, Africa Caribbean & Pacific (ACP) countries have experienced comparatively very rapid growth in their exports of fresh fruit and vegetables.

This trade has spread from an initial base of traditional tropical fruits i.e. bananas and pineapples-to include a broader array of fruits and vegetables.

This trade has been stimulated by growing consumer interest in ‘healthy living’ and demand for fresh produce variety, freshness and year round availability and to a greater extent the signing of Lome` Convention allowing ACP countries duty free European Union market access. 

The trade has been facilitated by improvements in post-harvest care and international cold chain logistics as well as by improvements in market access to industrial country markets.

While there are a number of ACP countries’ ‘success stories’ in this field, the market and regulatory context for this trades has been changing in ways which appear to be raising the bar for new entrants while throwing new challenges in the path of existing developing country suppliers.

Consumers in Europe are becoming increasingly concerned about food safety and especially how the food has been produced, processed, packaged and transported and even retailed.

In a number of countries, these concerns have been deepened over the past decade in the wake of a series of food safety ‘crises’ scandals, mass product recalls, and other adverse events.

These events have shaken not only consumer confidence in the safety of their food but also the credibility of the pertinent regulatory systems governing food safety.

In several regions especially within the European Union (EU), the response to these consumer concerns-and to the real prevailing weakness in food safety management systems-has been a wave of legislative and regulatory activity, and the emergence of numerous private sector ‘codes of practice’ or other technical protocols.

Farm Produce Technology Ltd therefore enables its clients to bridge this technology gap to effectively access and maintain their world markets.