In the international market, Kenya now takes its place as the largest avocado exporter in Africa. But let’s put that in perspective: imports of Hass into Europe alone last year were approximately 728,000 tons, and Kenyan exports accounted for 40,000 tons, about 5%.
Kakuzi Plc has invested heavily in irrigation and green technology-based systems to mitigate the worst impacts of drought. It has invested in the necessary irrigation capacity to irrigate 1,600 hectares of macadamia, avocado and blueberry crops. Also, it learnt a while back from several countries, including Israel, Australia, and the United Kingdom, among others, and replicated their success in Murang’a County.
The company has 19 separate earth dams holding 12 million cubic meters of water. If there were no water catchments at Kakuzi, there would be no water in the dams, and this would severely limit agricultural production.
Source: capitalfm.co.ke