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Kagwe warns against harvesting immature avocado, macadamia

Sacco ReviewSeptember 14, 202603 mins

Kagwe warns farmers against harvesting immature avocado and macadamia. Government plans more support for quality production and certification. Farmers are urged to use organised markets to earn better returns. Agriculture Cabinet Secretary Mutahi Kagwe has renewed calls for higher earnings among farmers by improving the quality and marketability of the country’s agricultural produce. Kagwe singled…

Meru farmers to receive six million avocado, cocoa seedlings

Sacco ReviewAugust 17, 202604 mins

Meru farmers will receive six million seedlings, including five million avocado and one million cocoa seedlings. The programme aims to diversify farming, boost incomes and expand production of high value crops. Farmers will also receive extension services and training to support crop management and value addition. Meru farmers are set to receive new planting materials…

Morocco overtakes Kenya as Africa’s top Avocado exporter

Sacco ReviewFebruary 20, 202602 mins

Morocco has overtaken Kenya as Africa’s largest avocado exporter. This is according to Tropical Fruits Market Review, the latest data released by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO). The FAO’s review shows that Morocco’s avocado exports surged by nearly 90 percent in 2025 to approximately 141,000 tonnes, pushing it ahead of Kenya’s avocado exports, which…

Avocado farmers in Kakamega form cooperative

Sacco ReviewOctober 19, 2023October 19, 202302 mins

Avocado farmers in Kakamega county have launched a cooperative society to guide them on the best farming practices of the produce and in preparation for the county government rollout of a World Bank project aimed at promoting avocado farming in the county. Speaking during their first AGM, Mumbo Avocado Farmers’ Cooperative Society Chairman Maxwell Shamala…

Bungoma County leaders urge youth to embrace avocado farming

Sacco ReviewOctober 6, 2023October 6, 202304 mins

Bungoma county leaders have urged the youth in the region to embrace hass avocado farming as an alternative source of income. Speaking during the official opening of Sisi Village produce demonstration centre for hass avocado and bee keeping projects in Kanduyi constituency, area MP John Makali and his Bumula counterpart Jack Wamboka urged locals to…

County leaders urge youth to embrace avocado farming

Sacco ReviewAugust 24, 2023August 24, 202304 mins

Bungoma county leaders have urged the youth in the region to embrace hass avocado farming as an alternative source of income. Speaking during the official opening of Sisi Village produce demonstration centre for hass avocado and bee keeping projects in Kanduyi constituency, area MP John Makali and his Bumula counterpart Jack Wamboka urged locals to…

UK partners with county to train avocado farmers on increasing earnings

Sacco ReviewJune 5, 2023June 5, 202303 mins

The United Kingdom (UK) has rolled out a programme to train avocado farmers in cooperative societies on how to improve avocado farming and increase their earnings. The programme will be rolled out by the UK’s Urban Economic Development programme in collaboration with Kisii County Government. Speaking at Agricultural Training Centre during the launch of a…

Avocado farmers form cooperative society to fight cartels

Sacco ReviewApril 13, 2023April 13, 202308 mins

By Ken Langat In bid to ward off unscrupulous cartels that have permeated Avocado industry and made themselves a bargaining chip, farmers from Kericho have formed a cooperative society. Kericho Avocado Farmer Cooperative Society was presented to the registrar of companies last year by the farmers as an umbrella body to collectively market their produce…

Quit harvesting premature avocadoes, society boss says

Sacco ReviewSeptember 17, 2022September 17, 202202 mins

By John Majau Avocado farmers across the country have been urged to harvest mature fruits in order to boost the product’s international market. Addressing farmers at Kaguru in Imenti South, the Avocado Society of Kenya CEO Earnest Muthomi said the Kenyan avocado market has greatly been affected by low quality produce caused by premature harvest….