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AFA issues new rules for avocado harvesting season

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Harvested avocados at KTL farm in Kitale, Trans Nzoia County. [Nanjinia Wamuswa, Standard]

It is a sigh of relief for farmers after the Agriculture Food Authority (AFA) signalled the start of avocado harvesting season scheduled for March 1.

In the directives, the regulator outlaws the use of open pick-ups, Probox, and trucks in the transportation of the commodity and has directed the use of plastic crates.

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