Kenyan avocado growers reaping benefits from West's obsession

[Article] It is the darling of health and gourmet plates: throughout the West, avocado is the new fashionable fruit, praised for its nutritional benefits. Kenya, the world's sixth largest exporter of avocados has jumped on the bandwagon of this booming market.


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With the demand for avocados growing in the west, Kenyan farmers are upping production of the coveted crop and reaping the benefits.In a country where smashed avocado on toast and avocado smoothies have not caught on -- most of the nation's production, some 90 percent of it, is destined for export.Bernard...
This article was published Monday, 24 September, 2018 by AFP
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