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Flower exports drop by 7.5pc on market lockdown

By Anthony Gitonga | 4yrs ago

A worker from the Naivasha-based Maridadi flower farm works on roses for export. [Antony Gitonga, Standard]

Kenya’s flower exports dropped by about 7.5 per cent in the last one year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, high freight charges and soaring cost of farm inputs.

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