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How Kenya- Uganda border small-scale farmers are cutting the cost of transporting their produce across the border

A man pulling a cart full of goods towards Busia border point. Photo courtesy. Small-scale farmers at Busia, Kenya- Uganda border have teamed up with smalls scale traders to share the cost of transporting their produce to various towns in the interior parts of the countries using hired trucks. The move has seen individual farmers

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Margaret Mutheu passion farmer

An IT consultant finds alternative cash from passion and pawpaw farming

Margaret Mutheu (left) and her friend tending to their passion crops at Kaewa in Machakos County. Photo courtesy. An Information Technology expert who began passion and pawpaw farming in September 2017 is earning Sh100,000 gross income per month to supplement a monthly salary that comes from the main job. Margaret Mutheu is the managing director

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Zachariah Onchuri watermelon farmer Malindi

Persistent watermelon farmer rakes over Sh900,000 a season despite losing all at first attempt

Zachariah Onchuri, a watermelon farmer in Malindi County is earning over Sh90,000 net profit a season from the venture he started in 2010 after persistently defying all odds to continue growing the fruit despite losing Sh11,000 he invested in the first attempt due to lack of enough knowhow in farming. Before venturing into watermelon farming,

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Margaret Mutheu pawpaw and passion farmer

Resilient farmer earns Sh100,000 a month from pawpaw and passion farming after losing Sh446,000 in watermelon

Margaret Muthew tending to her pawpaw fruits at her Kaewa farm in Machakos County. Photo courtesy. In 2017, Margaret Mutheu lost about Sh446,000 worth of watermelon she had planted on a two acre farm at Kaewa near Yatta, Machackos County due to drought and a porcupine inavasion. Down but not out, she decided to grow

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