Why prospects of flower farms don’t look so rosy

Unfavourable conditions are holding back floriculture from reaching its potential. file photo | nmg

Recent figures by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) show that the country recorded an increase of 12 per cent total export earnings from horticulture in 2016.

Of this, 70 per cent (Sh70.83 billion) came from floriculture, a jump from the 2015 earnings of Sh62.94 billion.

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