Kenyan avocado farmers benefit from aid programme and Kiwi agri know-how

Kenyan avocado farmers benefit from aid programme and Kiwi agri know-how
By Fiona Rotherham Oct. 9 (BusinessDesk) - Twelve hundred smallholder avocado farmers in the central highlands of Kenya are benefiting from a five-year aid project involving Plant & Food Research and edible oils company Olivado. The New Zealand Aid programme has provided up to $4 million over five years to Plant & Food to help improve the productivity and quality of production from the farmers who supply Olivado’s Nairobi factory. The smallholder farmers generally have farms of just one hectare, with an average 24 trees. Around 45 perc...