Kenya’s avocado farming, and where the profit lies (Smart Farmer Kenya)

Smart Farmer Kenya published an article on the potential of boosting Kenyan farmer’s income by exporting avocados to high-value European Markets. Kenya is the third-largest producer of avocados, with about 70 percent of the produce coming from small-scale farmers. Research Fellow Mulubrhan Amare states, “International agricultural markets offer a higher price, and also demand higher quality than the local market. Amare, the lead author of the IFPRI report, adds, ‘The impact of the smallholder farmers’ participation in avocado export markets on the labor market, farm yields, sales prices and incomes in Kenya,” deducing that the avocado export market holds the key to smallholders’ success.