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Passion Fruit Farming In Kenya And It’s Profitability
Passion fruit farming is a popular and lucrative agribusiness in Kenya, due to the high demand for the fruit in local and international markets. Passion fruit is a tropical fruit…
Types of passion fruits available in Kenya and where to buy seedlings
For your environment, if temperatures donโt fall below 13 degrees Celsius at night, both the yellow and purple fruit types are feasible. However, I would recommend that you get grafted…
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…
From Banking To Successful Passion Fruit Farming In Uasin Gishu County – Success Story Of Solomon Shibelenje
When Solomon Shibelenje, a farmer in Uasin Gishu County, planted passion fruits in 2018 soon after retiring from National Bank of Kenya, he was doing it to break from the…
Farming Granadilla Passion The Right Way
The granadilla passion (Passiflora edulis) prefers a high relative humidity and well-distributed rainfall of not less than 1 200mm/ year (irrigation can supplement low rainfall). In hot areas, it should…
Engage In Passion Fruit Farming, Kakamega Farmers Advised
Farmers in Kakamega County have been advised to farm passion fruits as there is ready market for the produce both locally and internationally. Speaking during an exhibition of different produce…
From Maize Farming To Successful Passion Fruit Farming in Uasin Gishu – Success Story Of Edwin Kipkoech
When cartels infiltrated the National Cereals and Produce Board (NCPB) in 2018, Edwin Kipkoech Rono, 32 decided to cut his losses and divest from maize farming before they leeched him…
To get high yields from passion fruits in Kenya, follow this steps
Passion fruit farming in Kenya (Passiflora edulis) is a very profitable crop, but what has stopped many farmers from growing it is the high prevalence of diseases that cause vines…
Making more than Kshs 420,000 monthly from passion fruit farming in Bureti – Success story of Grace Cheptoo
Grace, 60, established the fruit farm on her acre land on the advice of a friend in March 2010, investing Sh64,000 into the venture She says that it was without…
She quit medical school to pursue her dream in passion fruit farming – The success of Patricia Chepkorir
Carrying an iPad in her left hand, which she intermittently browses, Patricia Chepkorir Lagat cuts the image of one of those young executives working for big companies in Eldoret. When…