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Agrico PSA important participant during King and Queen visit to Kenya
King Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima paid a state visit to Kenya with a broad delegation in March 2025. Part of this visit included a roundtable with leading Dutch companies operating in Kenya. Agrico, with its joint venture Agrico PSA, was a prominent participant.
Quality Seed A Basis for Sustainable Agriculture
A good quality of seed is an important basis for sustainable agriculture. That was the message at the first international Seed Quality Conference, organized by Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) recently in Nairobi, Kenya.
| Kenya's Gold | Processing of potatoes - Gold Feature
Kenya's Gold team from Citizen TV Kenya visited Kenya’s processor SimpliFine to learn how they transform our Markies potato variety into delicious Kenyan chips. Click the link to see how potato processing works in Naivasha Kenya.
| Kenya's Gold | Upangaji wa viazi vya gredi mbalimbali (part 2)
Kenya's Gold team from Citizen TV Kenya explored our seed potato distribution from Nakuru, Kenya. Click the link below to watch the highlight of their visit, showcasing how we prepare our certified seed potatoes for delivery to potato farmers, enabling them to plant it at the right time.
| Kenya's Gold | Upangaji wa viazi vya gredi mbalimbali
Kenya's Gold team from Citizen TV Kenya explored our seed potato cold store in Nakuru, Kenya. Click the link below to watch the highlight of their visit, showcasing how to preserve seed potatoes in the right manner,, to ensure they are of excellent quality for all Eastern African smallholder farmers when they need them.
| Kenya's Gold | Ukuzaji wa viazi nchini
Kenya's Gold team from Citizen TV Kenya explored our certified seed potato farm in Nakuru, Kenya, this week. Click the link below to watch the highlight of their visit, showcasing our commitment to quality and excellence in providing high quality certified seed potato
Distribution agreement Tanzania
At this year’s varieties show, along with its subsidiary Agrico PSA, Agrico took a further step towards continued growth in East Africa. By signing the distribution agreement with Fraxen Consult Ltd, our seed potatoes will be exported to small-scale farmers in Tanzania later this year.
Nyandarua potato income: from KES 4,800 to KES 440,000
Last week the Daily Nation reported how the income of Nyandarua potato farmers grew from KES 4,800 to KES 440,000 per acre.
For upscaling the potato value chain, a business approach is the key succesfactor
PSA’s director provides a deep dive in our potato upscaling strategy in the interview from Saturday June 17th in Standard News' ''Smart Harvest''.