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Kakuzi banks on macadamia & blueberries as avocado business falters

By George Munene Kakuzi PLC has announced plans to diversify into the production of superfoods such as Macadamia and Blueberries as its avocado business falters. While it’s volume of Hass avocado sold decreased by 17.5%, its macadamia sales increased to 513 tons from 320 tons the previous year. The publicly-traded company plans on establishing an …

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trader delivering tomatoes to the market

Plan to improve regional road networks, good news for small-scale farmers

Trader delivering her tomatoes to the market. Poor roads remain the single largest barrier between millions of small-scale farmers and the marketplace. Photo: Denish Ochieng’. The plan by Liquid Telecom Kenya (LTK), one of the internet service providers in the country to connect the Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) headquarters to all 47 of its regional offices …

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