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KALRO gives Busia farmers 55,000 free guava, gooseberry and jack fruit seedlings

Guava fruit juice. KALRO is sensitising farmers in a campaign aimed to promote farming of underutilised fruits of which guava is one. Photo: Zablon Oyugi. Kenya Agricultural & Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) in partnership with USAID is distributing over 55,000 guava, gooseberry and jack fruit seedlings to farmers in Busia County in a campaign to entice …

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Farmer targets more income with rising demand for rare crops

Jesse Kioria’s wife Kezia inspecting grafted hass avocado seedlings. The couple is cashing on the growing craze for ‘wonder’ fruits. The rising craze for rare crops also known as ‘wonder’ crops such as pomegranate is now appealing to most farmers as they get attracted to the amount of money that these crops are able to …

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