Boom for Kenyan avocado farmers as California drought bites

A trader selling avocados at Kangemi market in Nairobi. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO| NMG

Kenyan farmers could benefit from a sharp rise in the price of avocados on the international market in the coming weeks because of a shortfall in production in California, the leading US exporter.

The production shortfall is blamed in part on severe heat during last summer when the avocados that are currently being harvested were still maturing.

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