• Koppert Kenya lightens up IFTEX 2016

  June 27, 2016

  ‘Partners with Nature’ in line with our mission. Our stand provided a great visual experience with a full wall screen showing educative and lively videos that [...] visitors as they learnt more about our solutions. A couple of growers were impressed that they could have a detailed view of the ‘secret’ lives of pests such [...] offer specialist advice in sustainable crop protection in a warm and welcoming environment. A lot of our visitors expressed great feedback on the quality

• Some Tips for Maize Production in Challenging Times

  March 25, 2019

  certified seeds are as a standard practice dressed with a fungicide and an insecticide to prevent diseases and insects respectively. A novel and growing practice [...] to prevail. As a result, the long rains growing season that usually starts in March and ends in May will be delayed. Whether this is just a cyclical pattern [...] pattern or the result of climate change is a subject for a separate debate. The delayed onset of rains is already causing anxiety among farmers as they ponder

• Managing Caterpillar infestations in your greenhouse

  June 24, 2016

  with other insect pests.This has become a growing concern among growers especially in the flower industry, hence a need to highlight some of its management [...] Caterpillars are the larval stage of a butterfly or moth. Characteristically, they have biting mouthparts, and a large number of them are important crop [...] that you set up the traps at a rate of 10 delta traps per hectare where the adults are expected to be. Check the traps on a weekly basis and change pheromone

• Biological Solutions Meet Peri-urban Horticulture

  February 4, 2019

  is where a natural enemy of a pest is introduced into the environment to achieve area-wide control. Inductive control on the other hand is when a large [...] environment, resulting in a stronger, healthier and more resilient crop. Overall the program was a big success with the farmers recording a clean healthy crop [...] you’re a 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

• Why Panoramix is Best for Your Seeds

  February 8, 2019

  guarantees a uniform dressing. Panoramix delivers the following benefits : It improves crop vigour and makes the crop more resilient It boosts the plant’s resistance [...] of Panoramix Put the seeds in a drum or any other mixing equipment and add Panoramix Mix for about five minutes until a uniform dressing is achieved Leave [...] Why Panoramix is Best for Your Seeds Koppert’s product, Panoramix , continues to perform very well in different regions of Kenya. This seed dressing product

• Looking for industry training? Koppert Kenya receives NITA certification

  April 5, 2016

  sessions is to verify whether or not the training company is accredited with a recognized accrediting agency. Accreditation serves as an assurance mechanism [...] delivery of quality service. The National Industrial Training Authority (NITA) is a semi-autonomous government agency which perpetuates industrial training in [...] was established under the Industrial Training (Amendment) Act of 2011. It’s mandate is to promote the highest standards in the quality and efficiency of

• Introducing NoPath for the Management of Diseases

  April 26, 2018

  attendees that if well used, NoPath has the potential to be a central part of disease management programs. A good number of the industry media representatives were [...] The introduction of NoPath into the Kenyan market in a colorful launch event and seminar on resilient growing, was welcomed with great interest and excitement [...] respectively. The series of events were intended to officially introduce NoPath, a new product based on plant essential oils. It is used for the management of

• Koppert Kenya launches Panoramix

  September 28, 2017

  are facing challenges of food productivity on their farms. In a side interview with Oscar, a farmer from Trans Nzoia, had this to say about the new addition [...] launched Panoramix in an exciting 2-hour event. The launch was held in Eldoret, a region also known as “the food basket” of Kenya, during the Eldoret Agribusiness [...] officials. In her the keynote address, Mrs. Nzomo said that the product is a welcome introduction into the market. She further noted that it has come at

• Meet Capirel! An effective addition to your arsenal in the fight against thrips!

  October 8, 2025

  temperatures exceed 10°C, with an optimum between 14 to 26°C, with the added advantage that they can also be used from as low as 5°C, meaning that cold night [...] on soil particles and cannot move. Easy to use Beneficial nematodes offer a broad spectrum biocontrol solution. Capirel is sprayed on crops using commonly [...] this way, they can replace conventional pesticides in many crops and play a complementary role in an IPM strategy. Moreover, they can often be tank-mixed

• Horiver – the most effective sticky trap for mass trapping

  October 16, 2016

  starts with careful selection of sticky traps of impeccable quality. As a rule of thumb, a good sticky trap should maintain its original shape and trapping capacity [...] capacity in all weather conditions and serve its purpose for a long duration of time. Scientific studies have proven that traps that reflect certain w [...] had more trapping capacity than other blue traps. This allows growers to get a more reliable picture of the pest pressure and make more accurate counts. In