Archives for Fruits
Farming Sweet Melon, The Unfamiliar Wonder Fruit With High Returns
Of all the melon varieties, the watermelon is the most popular among consumers and farmers in the here is also the sweet melon, but the growing of this crop has…
Pomegranate Farming, One Of The Most Lucrative Fruit Venture In Kenya
Growing pomegranate is one of the most lucrative agribusinesses, but few engage in it. The other week, I visited farmer David in Kajiado County for first-hand information on farming pomegranates,…
Kenya hass avocado farmers benefits hugely as China-Africa cooperation deepens
Zola Franco, who owns a Mexican restaurant in north China's Tianjin Municipality, has recently made some fresh adjustments to the ingredients. In some of the restaurant's signature dishes, he subbed…
Ecological and fertiliser requirements, growing passion fruits
Passion fruits do well in areas with the following ecological requirements. Varieties of passion fruits Both yellow and purple types exist. Purple varieties do better at higher altitudes than yellow…
Gooseberry farming, the golden fruit farmers should explore
Oblivious of the bitter cold, Stephen Muyita, a farmer, tends to a fruit crop whose value to many remains unclear. As he leads the team into his farm, we pass…
Peach fruit farming, how Ugandan farmers can get it right
Peach is a temperate fruit tree that belongs to the family of Rosaceae, same as the apple. Peaches have not penetrated the Ugandan market that well; the fruit is spotted…
Apple farming, varieties that can do well in Uganda
Four apple varieties were planted under three adaptation trials including Anna, Dorset Golden, Rome Beauty and Winter Banana. On-field trials proved that Anna and Golden Dorset can be easily adapted…
Another export door to Malysia for hass avocado farmers in Kenya
Kenya is set to start exporting avocados to Malaysia as a delegation from the Asian nation finalizes a pest risk analysis. The delegation visited the Kakuzi farm and facilities as…
Mulberry farming and sericulture guide in Kenya
Mulberry is one of the fruits that is greatly overlooked and has not gained much attention in Kenya. Mulberry has the potential of lifting small scale farmers if it is…
Root rot problem on hass avocado trees, causes and treatment
Hass Avocados are an ingredient in a wide variety of healthy recipes. If you would like to, it is possible to grow your own avocado trees. But there are challenges…