Horticultural News January - February issue
Horticultural News January - February issue
Horticultural News January - February issue
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TRODUCES PROFESSIONAL<br />
ETIES……….<br />
EN TASTE IS BACK WITH MORE<br />
URES<br />
Glossy attractive head type<br />
cook glossy looking heads of an average head<br />
agen taste and the lost slogan of Bachelors’ variety.<br />
ure in only 55 days in hot areas and 60 days in cold<br />
rofiting plant population of 50,000 plants/ Ha or<br />
a or 60T/Acre. The conventional varieties give<br />
00 plants /Acre at a spacing of 60cm x 60cm.<br />
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Regional market overview sales value (million Ksh) <br />
Region Jun‐11 Jul‐11 Aug‐11 Sep‐11 Oct‐11 Nov‐11 Total <br />
Nairobi 4,031 2,833 2,735 2,528 2,881 2,695 17,703 <br />
Eastern 3,066 2,855 3,007 2,595 3,216 2,802 17,541 <br />
Nyanza 2,292 2,008 2,249 2,194 2,605 2,620 13,968 <br />
Coast 1,304 1,441 1,343 1,241 1,314 1,372 8,014 <br />
Central 1,625 1,336 1,191 1,135 1,136 1,059 7,482 <br />
Rift valley 1,159 1,143 1,018 1,060 1,109 1,127 6,616 <br />
Western 697 565 619 658 851 870 4,260 <br />
Total 14,173 12,181 12,163 11,410 13,112 12,544 75,583 <br />
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Fruits market overview (Sales volume share) <br />
Type Jun‐11 Jul‐11 Aug‐11 Sep‐11 Oct‐11 Nov‐11 <br />
Ripe Bananas 47.4% 51.3% 54.3% 59.2% 58.2% 54.7% <br />
Cooking Bananas 27.0% 25.2% 27.8% 31.2% 31.2% 30.3% <br />
Mangoes 23.7% 22.7% 16.4% 7.8% 9.0% 12.8% <br />
Passion Fruit 1.8% 0.8% 1.6% 1.9% 1.6% 2.2% <br />
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% <br />
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Vegetables market overview (Sales volume share) <br />
Type Jun‐11 Jul‐11 Aug‐11 Sep‐11 Oct‐11 Nov‐11 <br />
Cabbages 18.0% 17.8% 18.5% 16.2% 16.7% 18.3% <br />
Sukuma Wiki(Kales) 13.7% 15.3% 17.4% 17.4% 16.5% 17.7% <br />
Tomatoes 29.5% 30.9% 30.5% 29.9% 30.1% 31.1% <br />
Potatoes 33.2% 32.0% 29.6% 33.1% 33.2% 29.7% <br />
Sweet Potatoes 5.6% 3.9% 3.5% 3.0% 3.1% 2.7% <br />
Green Maize 0.0% 0.1% 0.4% 0.4% 0.5% 0.5% <br />
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% 100.0% <br />
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