The horticulture industry is among the few industries that appear to have withstood the Covid-19 shocks to register growth in earnings last year. The lockdowns, especially in Europe, which takes 70 per cent of Kenyan flowers, also resulted in a drop in demand for the produce. “Despite the challenges brought about by Covid-19 pandemic, the horticulture sector performed fairly well… however, a huge proportion of these earnings went to the payment of air freights. Flowers earned the country Sh108.7 billion last year from Sh104.1 billion in 2019, while fruits raked in Sh18 billion, up from Sh13 billion in 2019. Among the sub-sectors, only vegetables registered a decline, earning the country Sh24 billion, down from Sh27 billion in 2019.

Source: Standard Digital January 06, 2021 21:00 UTC