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July 2022

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Kenya constructing mango fruit fly treatment facility to access EU markets

By George Munene In what the agriculture ministry termed a game-changer for mango farmers, Kenya is constructing of a hot water treatment facility at the Nairobi Horticulture Center. This will help the fruit’s farmers combat the mango fruit fly which has stopped the country from accessing lucrative markets such as the European Union (EU). “Mango

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Kwale residents trade mangrove cultivation for carbon credits

  By George Munene Kwale County’s Mikoko Pamoja (‘Mangroves Together’) project is pioneering ‘mangrove carbon’, an initiative that sees Gazi Bay residents raise money by selling carbon credits earned by cultivating mangrove trees to people and organisations eager to shrink their carbon footprint. The project launched two years ago by Scottish charity ACES supports planting

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