The rest of the money was spent on buying manure, investing in an irrigation system, paying for labour and oil testing. Every month for the last two years since he started harvesting, he has been pocketing at least Sh20,000 from banana sales. A father of two daughters and two sons, he says the main goal of his farming project is to inspire the youth. “All they require is water, manure and pruning and then one waits to harvest. Bananas grow in areas that are fairly hot, humid and have well-distributed rainfall of 2,500mm or more.

Source: Daily Nation June 23, 2017 17:03 UTC