"Kenya: "With mixed cropping, you don't have to worry about pests"
In a bid to beat this challenge and maximise yields, Benjamin Kamanda decided to take a rough route rarely trod by agribusiness investors in Kenya - mixed cropping in the greenhouse.
"When I bought the land and settled on farming mid this year, many people were surprised. My close friends suggested I take a bank loan and do some high-rise buildings as they had done," says Kamanda. "I built seven greenhouses with the help of an expert and started mixed cropping."
And last week, he got his first paycheck of Sh100,000 (978 USD) after a long wait and he was all smiles as he displayed the healthy products from his farm before everyone who had turned up for the harvest.
"I am so happy to have received my first pay check today. I decided to do it differently and now you can see the fruits," says Kamanda. In the seven acres that he bought from Diamond Property Merchants Limited in Isinya, he does not do any other investment but farming.
"After a wide consultation, I chose to plant tomatoes, red and green capsicum and cucumbers in the same greenhouse," he says.
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