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Garlic Farming!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">Why is our local garlic not embraced that much?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">What challenges come with this venture?
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤔" title="Thinking face" aria-label="Emoji: Thinking face">Do our agronomists have deep understanding of this crop?
FYI
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔺" title="Up-pointing red triangle" aria-label="Emoji: Up-pointing red triangle">Kenya is a net importer of garlic since we only produce 2000 metric tonnes annually which is not enough
FYI
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On capital investment
An acre can accommodate between 200 to 300kgs of garlic cloves
1kg costs approximately ksh 400
So we& #39;re talking of ksh 120,000 for the garlic cloves only
@RKDAVID1
An acre can accommodate between 200 to 300kgs of garlic cloves
1kg costs approximately ksh 400
So we& #39;re talking of ksh 120,000 for the garlic cloves only
@RKDAVID1
Then there& #39;s cost for fertilizers and pesticides
Average no of bags of fertilizers (10 bags)
10 bags @3000/=
Pesticides approximately 10,000/=
Folia feeds approximately 10,000/=
Total cost = 50,000/=
Average no of bags of fertilizers (10 bags)
10 bags @3000/=
Pesticides approximately 10,000/=
Folia feeds approximately 10,000/=
Total cost = 50,000/=
If you intend to use drip irrigation, another cost of approximately 150,000/=
