In 2022, the industry produced almost 100 tons of seaweed worth more than $30 000.
Mwanasiti Mpulu, 44, and Tina Jasho, 40, harvest seaweed used to make cosmetic products, at an open beach in the Indian Ocean within the Kibuyuni village in Kwale county, Kenya October 21, 2024.The people of Kenya’s coastal village of Mwazaro used to earn their living mainly growing cassava and maize, until the ravages of drought forced them to try a new crop – seaweed.
Tima Jasho, a mother of seven in Kibuyuni, said she was now able to pay her children’s school fees and move her family from a mud home to a brick house. In 2022, the industry produced almost 100 tons of seaweed worth more than $30 000, according to KMFRI data. Farmers export dry seaweed to China, France, the United States and other countries.
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