FARMKENYA INITIATIVE
The factory plant was set up and would be operated by the Coast Development Authority (CDA).
CDA Board of Directors chairman, Kazungu Kambi, Coast Regional Commissioner John Elungata and CDA Managing Director (MD) Dr. Mohamed Keinan have toured the new facility ahead of its commissioning.
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Kambi said the fruit project has capacity to process 30 metric tonnes of mangoes a day and has already employed 100 mango collectors at the plant.
''The upgrading of this plant will in the long run improve farmers' livelihoods and also create jobs for locals,'' Kambi said.
Kambi said the factory is good news for the people of Tana River who grow plenty of mangoes and other fruits but have no viable market for them.