Flowers rot in farms amid KQ, Ethiopia freight wars

Flowers

Workers sorting flowers for export. FILE PHOTO | NMG

Flower farmers in Kenya are being forced to throw away a quarter of their produce due to a drop in airline traffic in the wake of restrictions imposed on rival carriers to protect Kenya Airways.

Kenya Flower Council (KFC), the lobby for large-scale flower farms, says they need freight capacity of at least 5,000 tonnes a week against the 3,500 tonnes available.