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Flower exports wither as demand drops amid coronavirus

Workers throw away roses that can not be shipped to Europe due of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) at the Maridadi flower farm in Naivasha on March 19, 2020. [Reuters]

An armful of roses would brighten most people’s day, but for Kenyan farmer Inder Nain being surrounded by colourful blooms is a nightmare. His farm is dumping hundreds of thousands of roses after the coronavirus made flower exports collapse.

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