Livingstone Ng’ang’a makes an extra Sh50,000 a season from selling his tomatoes in Muthurwa market in Nairobi and Daraja Mbili market in Kisii, as opposed to waiting for orders during harvesting time from local traders. The move has seen his earnings climb to Sh2.06m a season from Sh2.01m. He started tomato farming in 2013 …
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Since its introduction to the Kenyan market in April last year, Amiran Kenya’s Shanty Improved F1 has turned one Laikipia County farmer into a young millionaire. Livingstone Ng’ang’a first heard about the seeds at a farmers’ training in Laikipia and opted to try them out. He bought 12, 500 …
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A section of Livingstone’s farm in Laikipia. He has three seasons of planting and harvesting in a year. At a time when higher learning institutions are producing graduates yearly and releasing then to the limited job markets as compared to high number of the qualified job seekers, one Laikipia youth has decided to …
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