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Originally published by Nation Newstop
May 25, 2026
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Avocado farmers decry exploitation by brokers
Exploitative brokers are intentionally dismissing top-tier, high-quality avocados as 'rejects'...
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Kenyan avocado farmers are expressing deep disappointment and financial losses due to exploitation by brokers and purchasing companies, despite the government's aim to significantly increase avocado exports. The Agricultural Food Authority (AFA) had temporarily suspended then reopened avocado exports, but farmers are now receiving drastically low prices for their produce.
- Farmers are selling avocados for as low as Sh5 per fruit or Sh20 per kilogramme, a fraction of the export market price of Sh65 per kilogramme.
- The Bomet and Kericho county governments are working to organize farmers into cooperative societies and are constructing a packhouse in Bomet to improve post-harvest management.
- The government, through the Principal Secretary for Agriculture, Dr. Paul Rono, has stated intentions to crack down on exploitative middlemen, though no action has been reported yet.
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