Valentine's blues for flower growers
          
16-02-2009 
          
Flower shipments from Ecuador to the U.S. are down 23 percent so far this year in what is normally peak season, said Gonzalo Luzuriaga, president of Expoflores, the country's main growers' association.
          
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Love may still bloom, but flower sales droop
          
16-02-2009 
          
Valentine's Day - Some florists are feeling rosy, but for others the day of love is a worry
Those long-stem reds, mini callas and pink tulips bound for Valentines everywhere can do a heart good. Especially if you sell them.
          
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Tanzania: Global Crisis Hits Flower Industry
          
16-02-2009 
          
As global credit crunch continues to bite, life is no longer flowering to Northern based horticultural growers in Tanzania. Their exports are getting more expensive to ship and even harder to sell while production costs continue hitting the greenhouse roofs.
          
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Flower demand increases for Valentine’s Day
          
16-02-2009 
          
The sale of flowers remains on a peak in the city and the rates have been doubled in the wake of Valentine’s Day.
          
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Kenya's flower industry confronts global slump
          
16-02-2009 
          
Farm worker Daniel Apinde pushes a cart laden with long-stemmed red roses through Oserian farm, a 240 acre (97 hectares) business nestling on the shores of Kenya's Lake Naivasha.
          
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