By George Munene The expected entry of Tanzanian onions into the Kenyan market is leading to a mass sell-off of stored onions by local growers. This has seen prices fall 12 per cent in the past month. “Kenyan farmers and wholesalers had been hoarding onions creating an artificial shortage in markets. It was a seller’s …
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By George Munene The flooding of Ethiopian tomatoes into the Kenyan market has led to a halt in the good times for Kenyan farmers as the wholesale price of tomatoes has dropped by a whopping 40 per cent over the past two weeks in major markets. The long March to April rains are usually accompanied …
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It is good news for potato farmers in the county as the price of potatoes has doubled over the last two months from between Sh400- Sh500 per bucket to Sh800 to Sh1000. The National Potato Council of Kenya attributes the rise in prices to the recent long rains which may destroyed the produce in the …
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