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Avocados in Kenya: What’s holding back smallholder farmers

Glady's Chebet at her avocado farm in Mulot, Narok West. There are over 200 farmers have ventured into avocado farming for export after disappointment in maize growing. [Robert Kiplagat, Standard]

Kenya is the world’s third-largest producer of avocados.

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