Also known as 'Cure all' due to its multiple uses, Malaleuca alternifolia, a tree native to Australia produces the famous tea tree oil. Kenya has plenty of this essential oil product that acts as...

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Avail These Four Kenya Fresh Produce Off Quarter Acre Farms In Kenya, the majority of family growers own less than two acres of land. The most productive parts of their farms can sometimes be less...

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With an average harvest of around 87, 780 fruits from each hectare, hass avocados from Kenya have reversed the axis of avocado imports. Traditionally the crop used to sell mainly  locally, but now imports...

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Details from the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics show that flower exports from Kenya are growing from strength to strength. Between January to May 2017, the  total exports rose to 71.9 metric tons. The...

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Agriculture in Kenya is among the most innovative in the world, according to the United Nations. The Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) rates Kenya as one of the leading global countries in smart production...

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Of the 1.45% horticultural contribution to the national GDP, flowers from Kenya contribute an overwhelming 1.01%, using 2015 statistics. But how do they attract such a sizable margin in especially European, North American and...

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Simple in appearance but heavyset in weight, the pumpkin can be a regular blessing for the local farmer and international consumer. Among the hundreds of species across the world, Kenya grows a handful of...

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Bananas are some of East Africa's staple foods. They also attract a high value addition premise in the supply chain such as in the making of ready-to-fry chips and banana flour. Major varieties in...

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Kenya has been a strategic source of fresh produce for years. Since the year 2000, a number of fresh produce markets have come to complement the traditional EU market. This has led to a...

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Kenya is a leading exporter of avocado in the region, having exported around KSH6.5 billion of the dried fruit at the end of 2016, a ten percent increment over the previous years' figures. Despite...

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For a long time, over 60,000 small-scale farmers of Kenya mango, especially the popular ngowe variety have had to contend with a tough export market following strict requirements for fresh produce to the European...

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The demand for mango puree and concentrate in the two major world markets has risen since 2014. The Gulf region leads the supply chain with the biggest shipments of processed mangos to the U.A.E....

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