Pomato - growing potato and tomato from one stem!

 

 

After losing his job as a matatu (bus) conductor in Kiambu town due to overindulging in alcohol, Wangoto became a petty thief to survive. “I was caught red-handed inside a chicken coop in the middle of the night holding two large birds. How could I even deny that I was stealing them?” he asks.

In November 2011, he was sentenced to one year at the Kiambu GK Prison. The Gachie resident says that this was a blessing in disguise since his prison experience equipped him with new farming skills.

From N30,000 per month, to N20,000 every day!

Susan Chesyna in her tomato farm in Nakuru

An inspiring story of a Kenyan lady who was a teacher on a monthly salary of N30,000 but veered into farming  and earns about N20,000 daily

I became a farmer seven years ago after I relocated from Baringo to Nakuru County and settled at Kiamunyi, in Rongai.

When I arrived in the county, where I had earlier bought land, I could not stop marveling at its beauty. The land was fertile and the crops were growing well unlike in Baringo, where erratic rains and drought were regular.

Mushrooom growing made simple and easy

                               Farmer Paul Kisiangani with mushroom at his farm.


Mushrooms are consumed by humans for their nutritional value and  its cultivation is steadily gaining a foothold in many communities where the crop is considered to be a delicacy.

Gone are the days when people would wait for the crop that has medicinal value to grow in bushes or hillsides and then go to harvest.