Over the last decade , country like Kenya and Colombia have become tumid players in the floriculture industry . But what made them so successful ? The International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants ( UPOV ) System seems to encounter a big function as it provides works variety protective covering and therefore enable growers to access diverseness from all parts of the world .
Invideospublished last twelvemonth on the development in the floriculture industry inKenyaandColombia , UPOV see a correlation between the results of the countries ' agricultural sector and from the meter they fall in UPOV . Since Kenya became a member of UPOV in 1999 , for example , cut flower exports have increase drastically . In 1998 it was 57 million USD and in 2013 it was 546 million USD .
peaceable transportation of the varietiesAccording to Esther Kimani , Managing Director at Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service ( KEPHIS ) , a large part of the success lies in the fact that growers have access to all variety from all parts of the world . And this is enabled by UPOV . fosterage is a clip consume process and only worthwhile if there is a hazard to be rewarded for the investments made .
License Manager at Meilland International , Bruno Etavard , explains that when breeding roses , the first economic payoff will amount after 7 age . " you could not do that activity without hold the security to get the return . Obviously at the same prison term , the UPOV system is fundamental for propagators and breeders in a given country . It allows the passive expatriation of the varieties multiply by the breeders . "
Brobdingnagian ontogenesis floriculture industryIt offer opportunities for raiser to put better variety on the securities industry . In the video , Ivan Freeman of Uhuru Flowers , growing 70 different blush wine varieties in Timau , Nanyuki , selling them to over 60 countries all over the world , explains the benefits of growing roses in their area . The specific climate and altitude have hear the Kenyan floriculture industry develop enormously . " When we started 10 year ago , we could n’t see any greenhouse around , now there is more than 200 hour angle within our sight . "
And as a result of the increase in farms in the country , the rosaceous industry seem to have help ameliorate sustenance , as it utilize 500,000 Kenyans .
Knowledge transferred to indigenous KenyansThe knowledge used to come from foreigners , particularly the Netherlands , but now it is transferred to more and more autochthonal Kenyans . Georges Mwangi , multiplication manager at Suera Flowers in Nyahururu , explains that just very few farms are still relying on alien expertness as many farm managers claim horticultural class and are well train . Also regarding the breeding , which is now mostly done in the Netherlands , he expects that in the next 10 years , a circumstances more rose wine grow will be breed and examine in Kenya .
ColombiaAlso in Colombia , the country ’s husbandry being illustrious for its coffee and flower yield , the plUPOV system seems to have greatly boost the floriculture industry , along with other productive manufacture . According to Asocolflores , in January 2018 , the blossom industry generated 114.47 million US dollar bill for the output of 21,417 ton of flower , not only fostering the growth of this sphere , but also providing indirect use to thousands of people , as well as colourful and wide-ranging Colombian flowers for meg of people to enjoy .
The floriculture industry profit from the arriver in the body politic of new businesses . Rosen Tantau , for case , introduced unexampled ornamental plant miscellanea and invested in Colombia . All of this continues to gain the floriculture manufacture , since these new varieties have help to achieve greater efficiency in the cultivation and production of an terminal product which meets market motivation . Innovation in agriculture is clearly of great benefit to all stakeholders .
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