How Kenya can make agriculture attractive to millions of youth

A young man in Nyandarua County growing cabbages is struggling to expand his farming due to limited marketing information, lack of credit and is contemplating abandoning the venture. Mr Waithanji Kigotho, 32, has leased a five-acre piece of land where he grows cabbages which he sells at the farm gate price and once in a while at Olkalou open market. “Sometimes a head of cabbage weighing 1kg goes for Sh5 which is very little if you compare the inputs I buy and labour work involved,” explains Mr Kigotho. He adds: “I once tried to apply for credit in a local bank to lease more land to grow potato…

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