Kenya may resume avocado exports to South Africa
Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) General Manager of Phytosanitary Services, Isaac Macharia, told Xinhua recently in Nairobi that South Africa has given Kenya, a number of phytosanitary requirements that it must fulfill before exports can begin.
"We are confident we will meet all the requirements given that we are already exporting avocados to the European Union which has stringent standards,” Macharia said.
The East African nation is optimistic that exports could resume as early as January 2017. Before the ban was imposed, the avocado trade with South Africa used to earn Kenyan farmers approximately 1.2 million U.S. dollars annually.
source: newsghana.com.gh
