Organic Pumpkin flour fights poverty from Kenya
Varierty of the pumpkin: Cucurbita argyrosperma.
Type: Pumpkins,squash and gourds
Country of origin: Kenya
Price: USD 4.99per Kg (EX-WORKS)
Min Order: 100 USD
Payment Terms: Consignment,Documentary Collection, Cash in Advance
Qty Available: 1 ton
Our smallholder farmers have participated in pumpkin production underguidance of the agriculture expert Community Mobilisation AgainstDesertification (C-MAD) . It’s founder has beenworking in the field for more than 35 years. Moreover, our farmers participatedin a food-handling training by an external organisation called Agricycle . The CEO Patrick and his team are anofficial partner of the Food and Agriculture Organisation and have a network ofover 90,000 small-holder farmers all over East Africa. Charles’ andPatrick’s passion for improving the lives of his farmers still goes on. In apilot project Charles proved that through better training and connecting peopleto markets he was able to increase their income by 20%. After scaling up theproject he even managed to boost their income by 50%.
Last but not least our farmers are the main drivers to escape from extremepoverty. Efficiency is close to our heart, so that we can pay good prices tothe farmers and also offer fair prices to our customers. Be part of therevolution while enjoying our delicious pumpkin chips.
Further information: External testers have confirmed: our pumpkins have acharacteristic flavour and are free from taints. Moreover, they are lightorange to brown and are relatively free from specks.
Lab test shows: our product is free from Escherichia coli, Staphylococusaureus and salmonella spp. Moreover, total viable count, total coliform count,yeast and molds are all under our other buyers limites. We are happy to sharethe original test result document with you. Just contact us and we willget back to you.
