Kenya's avocado boom: new markets, bigger earnings, and stricter rules on ripe fruit
Kenya's avocado exports earned $159 million in 2024, up 11 percent, even though production fell because of poor rainfall. Behind the growth sit two hard gates: China's market, opened to fresh Kenyan avocados in 2022, and strict maturity rules meant to stop unripe Hass fruit reaching buyers.
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