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• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The benefits of a scheduled crop include financing. Bixa fetches almost a dollar per kilogramme in the international market. That is very rare. Many crops we have at the Coast do not get to that. A kilogramme of bixa fetches a dollar. The international market for bixa is very high because it provides natural dye and natural food colouring. China today relies on the bixa plant for its food colouring and dyes. But the market in Kenya for bixa has not been developed because there has not been deliberate Government funding for the bixa crop. So, today, there are many ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The benefits of a scheduled crop include financing. Bixa fetches almost a dollar per kilogramme in the international market. That is very rare. Many crops we have at the Coast do not get to that. A kilogramme of bixa fetches a dollar. The international market for bixa is very high because it provides natural dye and natural food colouring. China today relies on the bixa plant for its food colouring and dyes. But the market in Kenya for bixa has not been developed because there has not been deliberate Government funding for the bixa crop. So, today, there are many ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Another important thing is that when a crop is not scheduled, it does not benefit from Government marketing. Today, there are many people who come to this country to look for this crop especially from Asia and China. They have only discovered it is here because the Government has not deliberately been marketing it. A scheduled crop benefits from marketing by the Government. So, if we vote in this Parliament to put this crop as a scheduled crop, then bixa will benefit from Government marketing, transportation and distribution. This will help this country to gain more foreign exchange and help ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Another important thing is that when a crop is not scheduled, it does not benefit from Government marketing. Today, there are many people who come to this country to look for this crop especially from Asia and China. They have only discovered it is here because the Government has not deliberately been marketing it. A scheduled crop benefits from marketing by the Government. So, if we vote in this Parliament to put this crop as a scheduled crop, then bixa will benefit from Government marketing, transportation and distribution. This will help this country to gain more foreign exchange and help ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is very important that today, as we continue with this debate, Members of this House look at this as part of the economic transformation through agriculture. One of the pillars of the Big Four Agenda is manufacturing. We can only manufacture and do value addition if we can produce crops that can go into manufacturing and value addition. But we cannot do that if some of the very important crops have not been developed to the level that a country can market them. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: Hon. Temporary Deputy Speaker, it is very important that today, as we continue with this debate, Members of this House look at this as part of the economic transformation through agriculture. One of the pillars of the Big Four Agenda is manufacturing. We can only manufacture and do value addition if we can produce crops that can go into manufacturing and value addition. But we cannot do that if some of the very important crops have not been developed to the level that a country can market them. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I would like to urge Members here to support this Bill so that it is passed as law. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: I would like to urge Members here to support this Bill so that it is passed as law. view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The other important thing is that while many crops which we have invested heavily in require a lot of fertiliser, the bixa tree does not require that. A lot of other crops require intensive labour, but the bixa tree does not require that. You plant it and for the next 20 years, you harvest bixa from the one tree. Within four years, it matures and you will have over 16 years of harvest which makes it one of the crops that can help grow the economy because it requires less labour, less fertiliser and less pesticides. I am sure there ... view
• 11 Feb 2021 in National Assembly: The other important thing is that while many crops which we have invested heavily in require a lot of fertiliser, the bixa tree does not require that. A lot of other crops require intensive labour, but the bixa tree does not require that. You plant it and for the next 20 years, you harvest bixa from the one tree. Within four years, it matures and you will have over 16 years of harvest which makes it one of the crops that can help grow the economy because it requires less labour, less fertiliser and less pesticides. I am sure there ... view