• Nurturing Young Minds: Koppert's Partnership with 4K Clubs in Kenya

  October 6, 2023

  Most of the farming in Kenya is carried out by smallholder farmers and relies on rainfed agriculture, therefore, climate variability poses a significant challenge [...] challenge. Traditional practices of agriculture, including heavy reliance on chemical solutions for disease and pest management, are also not sustainable [...] knowledge about correct and sustainable agricultural practices through hands-on and practical approaches. These young learners are the future agronomists

• Empowering Mango Farmers in Embu: A Day of Sustainable Solutions

  October 5, 2023

  reduce their reliance on chemical pesticides, promoting environmentally friendly and economically viable farming practices. Koppert held on-site farm demonstrations [...] Government hosted a unique capacity-building event - A Mango Farmers Training held on the 4th of October 2023. This event was geared towards empowering the mango [...] and quality requirements is essential. Experts from KEPHIS provided insights on the requirements put in place by export market destination countries to ensure

• Stop the spread of Botrytis with NoPath

  March 26, 2025

  for Botrytis spores to germinate. Easy entry points for infection are wounds on fruit, e.g. as a result of damage by wind. Create the right conditions How [...] dries quickly after irrigation or spraying by opening the windows or switching on the fans. This ensures sufficient air flow and prevents the humidity from [...] notice an infection, you should apply NoPath. NoPath is a natural plant based on plant essential oils for use in a wide range of crops including ornamental

• Biological Solutions Meet Peri-urban Horticulture

  February 4, 2019

  farmer, feel free to contact Koppert for more details on how to implement such an IPM program on your farm. If you’re a retailer or a consumer, be sure [...] management of plant pests and diseases using other organisms. The concept relies on an active human management role to achieve this and is an important component [...] introduced into the environment to achieve area-wide control. Inductive control on the other hand is when a large population of natural enemies is administered

• Protect your plants from Thrips with Horiver-TR®

  October 11, 2018

  Kenya. Thrips damage plants by sucking out cells on the leaf surface. This causes silver-grey spots on the leaves where the plant cells have been destroyed [...] the plant. At high infection levels red spots and brown streaks are visible on the petals. Thrips can also deform the flower buds which may fail to open [...] attracting other pests such as whiteflies, leaf miners and aphids . Depending on how many pests you need to monitor, crop susceptibility and the need to detect

• Stakeholder workshop to review sustainable pest management in tomatoes

  October 11, 2018

  development partners. This provided a platform for consultative discussion on the goal, objectives and activities of the project before implementation. [...] project has successfully completed the baseline survey and the first season of on-farm trials to demonstrate effective IPM packages for pest management. The [...] fusarium wilt-root-knot nematode complex. Additionally, farmers were trained on IPM strategies during field days and farm visits.

• Koppert Kenya present at International Flower Trade Exhibition (IFTEX) 2016 in Nairobi

  October 11, 2018

  the show, what to expect and other key highlights on current issues in the industry are happening on our social media accounts. Please join the conversation

• Koppert Celebrates Golden Jubilee

  October 11, 2018

  Golden Jubilee this year 2017, a series of events were lined up. For instance, on the 14 th September, an inspirational “Partners with Nature” seminar was held [...] of our microbial and macrobial products. In an exciting staff evening party on the 15 th of September, the King through Mayor van der Stadt presented two [...] of Officer in the Order of Oranje-Nassau. The royal decoration was bestowed on them for their ‘broad input and meaningful work’ to the society. Here in Kenya

• Are you getting value for your money?

  October 11, 2018

  tools for biological control. Trianum, is one such example of a product based on a beneficial fungus -the unique T-22 hybrid strain of Trichoderma harzianum [...] parameters, such as increased stem length and bud size. This of course depends on the specific grower’s management practices and efforts to optimize either [...] combined with the use of the product is bound to give growers a positive return on investment.

• Celebrating our 10th Anniversary!

  October 11, 2018

  established with the objective to consistently deliver reliable systems, based on top quality products to local growers and help them improve their crop protection [...] growers’ staff was done free of charge for growers who adopted Koppert programs on their farms. Building the system In early 2007, the first products were registered [...] technical staff and certified trainers. These support clients train their staff on all integrated crop management (ICM) issues including crop monitoring, product