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Author: ANTONY GITONGA\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAfricaPress-Kenya:<\/strong> The Kenya Flower Council has called for increased cargo planes to meet rising demand of flowers in the European Union (EU) market.<\/p>\n

According to the council, the floriculture sector was on the recovery\u00a0path, following Covid-19\u00a0that saw collapse of the market leading to losses running to over Sh10 billion.<\/p>\n

This came as it emerged that the country was\u00a0exporting over 80 per cent of floriculture products, a rise from 30 per cent at the height of the pandemic.<\/p>\n

According to the council Chief Executive Clement\u00a0Tulezi, freight charges remained a major\u00a0hindrance to\u00a0the sector that employs over 150,000 people directly.<\/p>\n

He\u00a0said farmers were\u00a0exporting over 500 tonnes daily despite the high freight charges.Tulezi\u00a0said farmers were paying Sh237 ($2.2) a kilo – a rise from Sh160 ($1.5) before the pandemic hit the nation, terming it a major challenge to farmers.\u201c<\/p>\n

Currently, we are exporting up to 80 per cent of our produce and we can increase this to near 100 per cent if we get more cargo planes and lower freight charges,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were losing Sh30 million\u00a0daily in the last three months but there is\u00a0improvement in the sector with the majority of the workforce resuming duty,\u201d he said.On the Collective Bargaining Agreements, Tulezi admitted that it would be impossible to review the workers\u2019 salaries this year.<\/p>\n

Agricultural Employers Association Chief Executive\u00a0Wesley Siele said they were in negotiations with the State and\u00a0Cotu\u00a0on the need to postpone the\u00a0pay negotiations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Author: ANTONY GITONGA\u00a0 AfricaPress-Kenya: The Kenya Flower Council has called for increased cargo planes to meet rising demand of flowers in the European Union (EU) market. According to the council, the floriculture sector was on the recovery\u00a0path, following Covid-19\u00a0that saw collapse of the market leading to losses running to over Sh10 billion. 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