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Kenyan agricultural exports to the EU faced 31 interceptions, resulting in losses of over 118,000 tonnes of vegetables, up from 79,000 tonnes in 2016 (Photo: Dennis Mavingo)

Boomerang effect: pesticides banned in EU are shipped back in Kenyan food exports

EU-based companies continue to export thousands of tonnes of banned pesticides to Kenya and other countries, even though the food it helps produce is often exported back to the EU, new research has confirmed. 

A report published on Thursday (6 November) by 

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Kenyan agricultural exports to the EU faced 31 interceptions, resulting in losses of over 118,000 tonnes of vegetables, up from 79,000 tonnes in 2016 (Photo: Dennis Mavingo)

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Benjamin Fox is a seasoned reporter and editor, previously working for fellow Brussels publication Euractiv. His reporting has also been published in the Guardian, the East African, Euractiv, Private Eye and Africa Confidential, among others. He heads up the AU-EU section at EUobserver, based in Nairobi, Kenya.

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