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Amidst a turbulent global economic environment, the value of Kenyas horticultural exports in 2009 topped 71.6 billion shillings. This reflects a marginal 2.9 percent decline in the value of the countrys export earnings from horticulture. The drop is mainly attributed to a 15 per cent decline in the supply of horticultural produce occasioned by last years long dry spell coupled by sluggish demand for Kenyas horticultural produce in Europe, the countrys main export market.