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Horticulture earns Kenya Sh115 billion

A worker from Naivasha based Van Den Berg prepares roses for export. [Photo by Antony Gitonga/Standard]

Kenya beat a prolonged drought and high production costs in the horticulture industry to post export earnings of Sh115.3 billion last year, new data shows.

This is compared to Sh101.5 billion in 2016, representing an 11 per cent increase.

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