Nairobi — While coronavirus pandemic has impacted nearly all sectors of the economy globally, horticulture remains among the worst hit in Kenya with reduced demand for flowers which has seen several farms across the country reduce their workforce by more than 50 percent.
Some are on the brink of collapse, threatening the billion-dollar economy that is key to the country's economy. And unless the trend is reversed in time, the livelihoods of thousands of families who depend on these flower farms to eke a living are also threatened.
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