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Kenya, Rift Valley, Packing station at Finlay companies Flamingo-Farm. Sophisticated software controls production lines in the packing house. ..|| The buyers of the supermarket chains .expected daily precise delivery "just-in-time". The women on the assembly line produce at this afternoon 5000 bouquets for the .UK-market at a rate of 3.8 bouquets per minute. They use Gypsophila underneath, the "filler" and sometimes a lavender branch, to make the bouquet smell a bit like flowers. The Germans only want standard, ten flowers, one color, that's it. Those bouquets are produced at a rate of 7.7 per minute. .The region is home to a lucrative industry providing the bulk of Europe's flower imports. Kenyan flower farms are notorious for poor working conditions and low wages but some, like this farm have in recent years acquired fair trade certification which seeks to improve conditions for employees. At Lake Naivasha, Finlay, part of the British Swire Holding operates three farms. Manager Craig Oulton filters the water in an artificial wetland, before it flows into the lake. This system is partly why his farm got the FAIR TRADE label for about 30% of his roses. the customer pays a premium with every purchase which is going back to Kenya to support the workers in the flower industry. (KEYSTONE/LAIF/Hans-Juergen Burkard)