Apply to join

Register your organisation.

One application for whatever your organisation is — a cooperative society, a grower, a packhouse, an exporter, or a port operator. Individual farmers join through their cooperative or the USSD service, not here.

The organisation

What is the organisation?

Tick every role that applies. Each one is reviewed as its own application, under one reference set and one document code, and a document asked for by two roles is uploaded once.

Cooperative societyAggregates its members' produce. Farmers are enrolled into it once it is approved.

GrowerTick cooperative or packhouse first.

PackhouseReceives, grades, packs and dispatches produce, licensed by AFA and certified by KEPHIS.

ExporterTick cooperative or packhouse first.

Port operatorA freight forwarder or airport cargo handler (KCAA regulated agent). Applies on its own.

The organisationRegistered nameTrading nameOptional, if different.Registration numberCompanies Registry (BRS) number, or a co-operative society's registration number.KRA PINOptional.County

Your answers are saved on this device as you go, for 5 days, so you can finish later. Consent is never saved; you give it when you submit.

1
Apply
Tick what the organisation is, then tell us who it is, where its facility is, and who to contact. You get a reference and a document code.
2
Upload documents
Straight after you submit, in the same form. PDF, PNG or JPEG, up to 10 MB each; you can come back with your code to add or replace them.
3
Verification
Each document is checked by the authority that issued it — KTE, the Agriculture and Food Authority or KEPHIS — and a KTE officer decides each role.
4
Sign in
Once approved, your contact person is emailed a link to set a password: for the cooperative or packhouse portal, or for a port operator the Meridian field app.

Who can apply

Cooperative society: Aggregates its members' produce. Farmers are enrolled into it once it is approved.
Grower: Farms its own land — an estate or company farm. Tick this beside packhouse or cooperative, then draw each plot.
Packhouse: Receives, grades, packs and dispatches produce, licensed by AFA and certified by KEPHIS.
Exporter: Ships produce abroad. Tick this beside cooperative or packhouse if the organisation exports.
Port operator: A freight forwarder or airport cargo handler (KCAA regulated agent). Applies on its own.

Nothing is approved until every required document has been verified by the authority that checks it.

Already applied? Upload or replace documents