KAPI LTD’s CONTRIBUTION TO #WorldEnvironmentDay
KAPI LTD’s CONTRIBUTION TO #WorldEnvironmentDay Here at Kapi Limited, we wholeheartedly support the #OnlyOneWorld movement and whilst we may only be a small company, situated here in the heart of Kenya’s Rift Valley, we know that every contribution counts. Our world needs people to care and to do everything they can to make a difference. […]
REACHING OUT TO SMALLHOLDERS… PART 2
REACHING OUT TO SMALLHOLDERS… PART 2 Just over a month has past since I last wrote about KAPI’s aim to reach out to smallholders – and what a busy month it has been! As mentioned in my previous blog – working together with KOAN (Kenya Organic Agricultural Network), Kenya Organic Agriculture Network – Home | Facebook and […]
REACHING OUT TO SMALLHOLDERS… PART 1
REACHING OUT TO SMALLHOLDERS… PART 1 Kenya is a country of smallholder farmers, in fact it is estimated that 74% of the population lives in rural areas and relies on farming for their food and income. Smallholders in Kenya, typically will farm less than 2 hectares of land – they will grow a range of […]
WORLD MALARIA DAY
WORLD MALARIA DAY Did you know? The Anopheles mosquito is the exclusive ‘vector’ or carrier of the malaria parasite. Furthermore, it is just the female mosquitoes (needing to have blood meals for egg production) that act as the link between the human and mosquito hosts, in the parasite’s life cycle. Are Mosquitoes changing their biting […]
KAPI Celebrate International Women’s Day
KAPI Celebrate International Women’s Day Evelyne Gitari: Accounts manager KAPI Limited International Women’s Day celebrates the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women around the world, voicing gender equality, and appreciates women’s contribution towards global sustainability with this year’s theme, Gender Equality Today For A Sustainable Tomorrow. KAPI Limited proudly joins the world in celebrating […]
Trouble with thrips?
Trouble with thrips? What are thrips? Thrips are tiny, winged insects – so small that it is hard to detect them with the naked eye. Both larvae and adults feed by piercing the plant tissue and sucking up the released plant juices – not dissimilar to the way mosquitos attack us humans! There are literally […]
An important change to the classification of pyrethrum by MPS.
An important change to the classification of pyrethrum by MPS. Who are MPS? The MPS group are an adjudicating body that support horticultural entrepreneurs to operate more sustainably. Their aim is to make sustainability completely transparent, measurable and demonstrable by developing innovative certification standards. They are a professional sustainability certification body and therefore initiate, inspire, […]
Malaria
Malaria Amid the uncertainty and turmoil caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, it is important not to forget about the other battles that Kenyans have to face on a day-to-day basis. Mosquitoes are classified as the world’s most dangerous animal, judged by the number of people they kill each year. The most wide-spread disease carried by […]
The foundation of KAPI
Pyrethrum: The foundation of KAPI What is Pyrethrum? For those horticultural experts out there, Pyrethrum is derived from the ‘Chrysanthemum Cineraiaefolium’ flower, and for those of you who haven’t got a clue what that means, it essentially looks like a daisy on steroids. Pyrethrum is then made up of pyrethrins which are highly toxic to […]
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