The scheduled nuts and oil crops in Kenya include coconut, Cashewnuts, Macadamia, Oil palm, Sunflower, Sesame, Castor, Canola, Peanuts, Bambara nuts, Sunflower, jojoba, linseed (flax seed). Subsector is important as a source of processed edible oil, animal feed and industrial oil.
What are the nuts production seasons in Kenya?
There are two nuts production seasons in Kenya – low (April-October): low supply, high demand, high prices; high (November -March) The aggregate increase in supply has generally increased activity in the sub-sector-awakened value addition, replanting (total of 2million seedlings planted since 2010)
What is the coconut industry doing in Kenya?
The coconut industry in Kenya has been taking a deliberate shift to value-added products like Virgin Coconut Oil (VCO), Coconut milk, Coconut powder, Desiccated coconut, Coconut water, Coir and coir-based products, Coconut shell charcoal/activated carbon among authors to increase export income.
What is a coconut sub-sector in Kenya?
Mandate: develop, promote and regulate the Nuts and Oil crops industry in Kenya. Coconut sub-sector is made up of 10 million trees, covering 82,921 ha supporting about 95,000 households. The coconut sub-sector has a potential national aggregate value of KES 25 Billion annually only about KES 13 Billion (52%) value is being exploited.