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Some info about avocados 🥑

The avocado export market in Kenya is dominated by Kakuzi, Vegpro, Sunripe, Kenya Horticultural Exporters, and East African Growers.

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Hass variety is exclusively for export market and their prices in the international market are higher compared to most fruits.

2019 statistics since 2020 was cancelled..
-Kenya exported 60,000 tonnes of avocados. -Holland was the chief importer with 13,306 tonnes.
- France (8,793 tonnes)
- UAE (7,190 tonnes)
- Saudi Arabia (5,127 tonnes), UK (3,704 tonnes)
- Russia (3,041 tonnes).

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Corporate Statistical Database, there were some 14,500 hectares under avocado in Kenya in 2018 which produced 234,000 tonnes of the fruit.

Official data shows that avocado is the most grown permanent crop in Kenya, with close to 966,976 families in Kenya growing it by end of August last year, according to Census data. Those families are spread in 34 counties.

Most of these avocado trees can be found in Kisii county where 88,326 families grow the fruit. .
Then...
- Bungoma (73,765)
-Kakamega (63,886)
- Murang’a (52,839)
- Machakos (45,243)
- Bomet (44,903) families grow avocados.

Association of Kenya (FPEAK), the country’s avocado exports jumped 15 per cent to 68,000 tonnes over the 12 months to October, fetching the country Sh14 billion.

Difficulty in export share is often attributed by

-Poor quality
- High regulatory standards in export markets;
- Weak institutional capacity of small-scale producers
- Inadequate capacity for, and coordination of, fruit exportation...

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