Mike Njau, a college-educated food nutritionist left his banking job to farm strawberries in small-scale. It is nearly one and a half years now since he started the faming venture with an initial capital of Sh5,000 and 200 strawberries seedlings.
Today, the value of his farming venture has grown to Sh480,000 according to Limurudistrict hrticulture officer Mary Kinuthia. By March 2014, Njau expects to be growing 5,000 stems of strawberry from the current 1,400. He is optimistic that by this time, his income from the farm will be double the salary he earned from his last employment at the local bank.
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