Flowers

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• Markets

Flower freight still less than European demand seeing crops manured

6 years ago Reporter

By Lydia Gichuki Kenya is now exporting around 20 per cent of its normal levels of flower exports, up from...

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• Markets

Failure by government to pay back tax and avail subsidized fertilizer to hurt flower farms

7 years ago Reporter

Investors and farmers are now pleading with the Government to pay back value added tax as it hinders expansion and...

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• Crops

Kenya’s flowers, fruits and vegetable earnings increase by 33 per cent in eight months

7 years ago Reporter

Kenya’s horticulture earnings increased by 33 per cent from Sh78.2bn to Sh104bn during the first eight months of 2018 compared...

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• Markets

Avocado, French beans, flowers, vegetables and peanuts market ripe in China

7 years ago Reporter

Kenyan farmers are set to benefit big market for their produce in China following an agricultural export deal between the...

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• Markets

Kenya’s flowers, fruits and vegetables record a 40 per increase in sales in four months

8 years ago Reporter

Kenya’s horticulture earnings earned the country Sh56.23bn in the first four months of 2018 up from Sh40.57bn in a similar...

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• Markets

Transport company launches refrigerated bus to ferry fresh produce between Nairobi and Mombasa

8 years ago Reporter

Mash East Africa two weeks ago launched two refrigerated buses called ‘Laxa Refrigerated’ that will ferry perishable goods such as...

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• Markets

Flowers, fruits and vegetables export increases Kenya’s earnings by Sh89bn

8 years ago Reporter

Export of horticulture crops such as flowers, fruits and vegetables among others has earned Kenya Sh305bn in 2017 as compared...