NAIROBI, KENYA, Sept. 23 -- Horticulture stakeholders have met in Nairobi, Kenya, to discuss various issues affecting the sector, including how to enhance cross-border trade among African countries and position Eastern Africa as an integrated production, processing and trading ecosystem capable of competing effectively in regional and global markets.

Delivering her speech at the Regional Public-Private Dialogue on Horticultural Trade and the official launch of the Horticulture Council of Eastern Africa (HoCEA) on Tuesday, the councils chairperson, Dr Jacqueline Mkindi, said the aim of the dialogue was to go beyond discussion and prioritise a clear, actionable agenda that cuts across countries, with the shared ambition of transforming Eas...