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The art of farming healthy roses: Eleven things you need to know

Florist Apollo Mwangi at his shop in Kisii town, December 2021. [Sammy Omingo, Standard]

The horticultural sector is Kenya’s third-largest foreign exchange earner. The flower industry directly employs 150,000 people and contributes 1 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product.

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