US in Sh22bn plan to help Kenya grow avocado export market

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Avocado fruits packaged for export. FILE PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA | NMG

The American government will help Kenya expand its avocado export market under a $160 million (Sh22.6 billion) initiative.

United States Agency for International Development (USAid) Chief of Staff Robert Mwadime says the organisation is targeting to scale up avocado acreage in western Kenya to ensure there are enough volumes to sustain the export market when the produce from Latin America is off-season.

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