8,000 Kerio Valley farmers secure a mango marketLuke Rotich works on his mango farm at Lomanira village in Mogotio Sub County. [Mercy Kahenda/Standard]At least 8,000 farmers in Kerio Valley now have a ready market for their mangoes — a development that is expected to reduce losses.Kenya Fruits Solution, a Thika-based fruit marketing firm, announced plans to buy 10,000 metric tonnes of dried apple mangoes from the farmers every harvesting season. Farmers are also set to benefit from the establishment of a Sh11 million mango drying factory which will be completed in December. Ms Yamamoto said her firm was satisfied with the quality of mangoes in Kerio Valley after monitoring production for over two years. Elated farmers said establishment of the value addition facility would end the perennial problem of mango glut that causes huge losses.

Source: Standard Digital April 16, 2019 21:00 UTC