Traceability of horticultural produce in Kenya: Situation and trajectory

cg.authorship.typesCGIAR single centreen
cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and developing country instituteen
cg.contributor.donorMinistry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlandsen
cg.coverage.countryKenya
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2KE
cg.coverage.regionEastern Africa
cg.coverage.regionAfrica
cg.coverage.regionSub-Saharan Africa
cg.creator.identifierVivian Hoffmann: 0000-0002-6464-3748
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Markets, Trade, and Institutions Division
cg.identifier.projectIFPRI - Voice for Change Partnership
cg.identifier.publicationRankNot ranked
cg.numberMar-19en
cg.placeWashington, DCen
cg.reviewStatusInternal Reviewen
dc.contributor.authorHoffmann, Vivianen
dc.contributor.authorEdewa, Andrewen
dc.contributor.authorKimani, Virginiaen
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-21T09:05:30Zen
dc.date.available2024-06-21T09:05:30Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145992
dc.titleTraceability of horticultural produce in Kenya: Situation and trajectoryen
dcterms.abstractTraceability is the ability to track a product through all stages of production, processing and distribution (including importation and at retail). In the context of horticultural produce, if consumers become ill from the food they have eaten, or food is found to contain a harmful chemical, traceability allows this food to be traced from the shop where it was purchased, to the trader who delivered it, to the factory that processed or packed it, and ultimately to the farm where it was grown. In this way, the source of the problem can be identified, and corrective action can be taken [1]. While traceability does not itself guarantee food safety, it is considered a fundamental component of modern food safety systems. In traceability systems, it is good practice to use unique codes to identify blocks of land, individual farms, farmer groups, intermediaries, packers and processors. Each crate of carrots, for example, has its own unique code. By entering this code into a database, one can see on which parcels of land the carrots were grown.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.bibliographicCitationHoffmann, Vivian; Edewa, Andrew; and Kimani, Virginia. 2019. Traceability of horticultural produce in Kenya: Situation and trajectory. Voice for Change Partnership Program Brief March 2019. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/145992en
dcterms.extent6 pagesen
dcterms.isPartOfVoice for Change Partnership Program Briefen
dcterms.issued2019-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Instituteen
dcterms.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/145991en
dcterms.replaceshttps://ebrary.ifpri.org/digital/collection/p15738coll2/id/134988en
dcterms.subjectexportsen
dcterms.subjectagricultural policiesen
dcterms.subjecttraceabilityen
dcterms.subjectfood safetyen
dcterms.subjecthorticultureen
dcterms.subjectregulationsen
dcterms.typeBrief

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