FarmBiz TV: A Pepino melon acre earns 80k a month.
By John Matava
An acre of Pepino Melon plants, which mature in three months, can provide farmers with fruits worth Sh20,000 a week for the next 4 1/2 years, with each plant delivering up to eight fruits a month, generating 200 kgs a week selling at Sh100 per kg.
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