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Africa: Kenya Named Among Continent's Top Avocado Exporters
Nation, 26 September 2019
Kenya ranks among world's fastest growing exporters of avocado even as demand for the fruit grows in China and Europe. Read more »
Kenya Ranked Among World's Fastest Growing Avocado Exporters
A 2019 half year survey shared at the ongoing World Avocado Congress in Colombia has indicated that Kenya overtook South Africa in the production of the fruit. Kenya has come at position three, being the only country in East and Central Africa that produces avocado.
Murang'a Governor Mwangi wa Iria (left) inquires about an avocado harvesting cable machine during the ongoing 9th World Avocado Congress in Medellìn, Colombia.
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