Kenya's avocado sector has become so lucrative that organised criminal gangs have begun to target growers. With the demand for the fruit growing in the US and Europe, Kenya overtook South Africa last year to become the continent's top avocado exporter. "You can fence the entire farm but that won't stop them," he says, showing me where his barbed wire fence has been cut. "You spend an entire season taking care of your crops, then in a single night all your fruits are stolen in a matter of hours." Another of the vigilantes who is mending the fence agrees: "They'll still cut it and steal what they want."

Source: The Star January 16, 2022 10:51 UTC