Kenya's exports have been badly hit by the cloud of ash hanging over northern Europe.

The country's fruit, vegetable, and flower industries, which were beginning to grow after post-election violence in 2007 and the worldwide economic downturn, are heavily reliant on exports to Europe. 

But with most airports shut a massive, rotting, backlog is starting to build up and that could have a devastating impact on already impoverished communities.

Al Jazeera's Rory Challands reports.