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Ruth is a member of the EUREPGAP Certification body Committee and is a private consultant for both UNCTAD and FAO on issues related to the uptake of private standards and their effect on smallholder farmers in export horticulture in Kenya. Ruth holds a Bachelor of Science degree in General Agriculture from the University of Eastern Africa, Baraton (Kenya), and a Master of Science in Post Harvest Horticulture from the University of Greenwich, Natural Resources Institute (NRI), U.K.
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Ruth is a Kenyan citizen and has been working in the horticultural industry for the last 12 years, in work ranging from managing export farms to quality control. She currently works as an auditor technical and social auditor for various consumer standards, including EUREPGAP, ETP, HACCP, and BRC. She is also the managing director of Africert Ltd, the first local certification company to be accredited to ISO 65/EN45011 in East and Central Africa, which she set up through funding from GTZ in 2004. Africert’s entry in the certification arena in East and Central Africa provides producers, who would have otherwise been marginalized in accessing the lucrative export markets due to the high costs of importing certification services, with an internationally accredited certification company, right within their region.
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