date:Oct 16, 2020
Kenyas Kitui County is characterised by unreliable rainfall across the year, with mangoes being among the few evergreen trees in the area. Now, the Kitui County Government, in collaboration with the Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, has come up with a project of value chain addition on mangoes. Up to 50 per cent of mangoes go to waste as a result of a lack of a ready market and poor post-harvest storage methods.
Value addition will now bring food security as the mangoes ca