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KEEP CLIMBING HIGHER By Sabina Reiner


Environmental, social, health, and safety issues play a very important role at Selecta. Therefore we are proud to announce that recently our farm Selecta Kenya in Nairobi has been awarded with MPS-A, the highest environment certifi cate in the three-step MPS-ABC system. The MPS-ABC system is a unique world standard and works as a benchmark in demonstrating to what extent company’s operations are environmentally friendly.


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electa Kenya (SKY) farm is located east of Nai- robi between Nairobi and Thika. It has 19.5 ha (48.5 acres) and produces more than 120 mil-


lion cuttings each year. It employs an average of 1150 employees. The farm is also one of the locations for Selecta’s Breeding and Research department and home of several breeding programs of pot plants, bedding plants, and cut fl owers, such as Solidago or Carnations. Crossing, evaluations, and selections are preformed in Kenya.


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roviding social programs is a big part of cul- tivating a reliable, high quality workforce at the Selecta farm. The farm has an in-house nurse for daily health issues, and workers are given


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lunch every day. Selecta Kenya has its own group of 40 Peer Educators who are teaching and training the whole SKY team in “Health and Women Empower- ment”. There is also a soccer fi eld for recreation, and the teams from Selecta Kenya and from the farm in Uganda get together for matches. Selecta Kenya of- fers also extensive employee training and a clear path for advancement. The company’s goal is to invest in local people and have them here for a lifetime.


“When it comes to keeping out insects and diseases, there are no shortcuts. Therefore our employees are trained extensively on defi ned hygiene procedures,“ says Ludwig Allnoch, General Production Manager at SKY. Ludwig is assigned to build up sustainable pro-


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