strawberry farmer in narumoro minting money from his quarter acre piece of land

After finishing the Primary School,
James 28, could not be able to join
secondary school since the parents
could be able to pay for secondary
school. He started working as casual
labour and bought a knife sharpener
in his village. He was able to save and
started mali mali business which he
did for two years.

He later got a job as a makanga (tout)
where most of the regular customers
were ferrying strawberry from the
Sagana to Karatina and sending them
to Nairobi or Mombasa.

He became interested in strawberry
and sought more information on how
to go about strawberry business from
his regular customers. He left the
makanga job after 2 years and leased a
a quarter of an acre in Narumoro.

Currently he harvest the strawberry 3
times in a week and able to produce
about 60 kg of strawberry every week
which he sends to Mombasa at the rate
of ksh 130. this means he rakes in about ksh 30,000 per month.For the last one year James
has been on this farming he has been
able to pay a deposit of half an acre he
is buying and his family is
comfortable.

James can not meet the demand of
strawberry and thus he encouraging
youth to embrace this farming since its
easy and you harvest the strawberry
throughout the year. James assist
farmers strawberry farming by
providing planting materials (splits ) at
ksh 15, plants for you and assist you in
management at reasonable feel.