Kenyan fruit farmers competing with imports

Fruits like oranges, grapes and apples are being bought from Kenya's neighbouring countries, especially Tanzania, creating stiff competition for Kenya's own fruit farmers in Nyeria. Farmers in high altitude areas where oranges do well, are not supplying enough of the fruit, a problem attributed to climate change. Mr John Wambugu, an agronomist at Wambugu farm, said farmers should adopt new methods to maximise yields. "Farmers should...

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S. African top fruit companies invest in technology

Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing and its parent packhouse, have invested in new technology which is set to improve their final product and reduce quality-related claims, which cost the two companies millions of rand. The new technologies will make it possible to look inside the fruit to test elements such as the amount of sugar in the product and check for defects...

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