Agriculture is a major employer and the country traditionally exports tea and coffee, and more recently fresh flowers to Europe.

Maybe they exported coffee or something.

"Vietnam has only been exporting coffee since 1993, and they don't use pesticides yet," she said.

He said that market research showed that to export shelf-ready coffee to the West requires blending local beans with foreign ones.

In the absence of regulation, countries can export coffee freely.

However, Haiti continued to export coffee, which required little cultivation and grew semi-wild.

Does it matter if Kenya is exporting flowers and coffee if people are still dying of hunger?

Situated on the Red Sea, it is an important port, exporting coffee, cotton, dates and hides.

It still exports coffee, but the amount exported has remained constant while the population has continued to grow.

For example, Yemen used to export coffee, but now it cannot do this, because this narcotic is being grown instead.