MAKING FRUITY MONEY
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Passion Fruit
This fruit has become a very popular it is being heavily used in making fresh juice,currently the fruit is expensive 3 fruits can cost 25 shillings in urban centres,the most popular type is the purple its tasty.unlike the past the carbonated juices or softdrinks have become unpopular due to relation with slow chronic illness.
KARI developed new types namely KPF4,KPF11 and KPF 12.This types are drought resistant and superior quality.
A farmer can harvest as much as 3 tonnes from a hector ,farm gate price is 20shillingswhile a kilo can go to as 180shillings.>.assuming you harvest 20,000KG =3.6MILLION
Passion takes less months to grow thus a quick earner however one must seek technical advice on the fruit before venture.
most youths can venture into this since there is high demand coca cola and Melinda Gates foundation are targeting small and large farmers for production of yellow fruit it is less grown but have become on demand due to low acidic and high sweet juice content .
Apple
apple is yet another fruit that is hitting headlines,a farmer in nyeri named James Wambugu has become famous all over the globe for developing Wambugu apple.
The demand for apple is huge in Kenya,the wambugu apple is resistant to bad weather, diseases it also takes shorter period to grow than the one sourced from south africa.
the fruit,he has made millions from selling the seedlings which costs about 1000 each.
One harvest he made more than 5million in sale of fruit and seedlings.
it is estimated in one hector can produce 767000 shillings after you subtract the imput costs which is more less.
more info on fruits follow kenyanhorticulture and http://farmbizafrica.com
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