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-The horticultural sector currently ranks as one of the economy’s fastest growing sectors.
-It is ranked the largest foreign exchange earner. This is reflected in a continuous year-to-year expansion in fruit, vegetable and cut flower exports.
-The annual total horticultural production is close to3 million tons.
-The value of horticulture production (both domestic and export) rose 41 % in 2017 compared with 2016 on account of good prices- sales rose from Sh216 billion in 2016 to Sh305 billion
-The value of domestic horticulture production has been growing over the years- it was valued at Sh190 billion in 2017.
-The total value of horticultural produce exported in 2017 increased from Sh101.5 billion in 2016 to Sh115 billion in 2017.
-The cut-flower export still remains the largest earner, contributing over 70 per cent of the total fresh produce annual earnings.
-In 2017, flower exports contributed Sh82.24 billion, up from Sh70.83 billion earned in 2016, representing 11.6 per cent growth, on export volume of 159,961 tonnes.
-Fruits earned Sh9 billion on export volumes of 56,945 tonnes in 2017.
-Vegetables earned Sh24 billion from 87, 240 tonnes of export in 2017.
-The major associations representing horticultural producers in Kenya are the Kenya Flower council (KFC), and Fresh Produce consortium of Kenya (FPC).
jim items answered the question on March 18, 2019 at 17:36
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