Nimrod Mwenda on his strawberry farm in Kimaogo village in Maara, Tharaka Nithi County. He started the venture in 2015 after quitting work at an export farm as a greenhouse manager.
The farmer, who grows the crop in Kimaogo village in Maara constituency, Tharaka-Nithi County, farms it on a quarter acre.
Armed with the secret of farming strawberry, the ambitious Mwenda bought 500 strawberry splits (seedlings) of the Chandler variety from a farm in Kiambu County.
He uses manure and DAP fertiliser during planting and later plastic-mulches them to curb weeds and preserve the much-needed moisture.
One of the farmers that Mwenda introduced to strawberry farming is Peterson Mwirigi, the current MCA for Ganga ward and the Majority Leader at the county assembly.
Dressed in light-blue overalls and black gumboots, Nimrod Mwenda carries four strawberry punnets and puts them in a container, ready for delivery to a customer.
The farmer, who grows the crop in Kimaogo village in Maara constituency, Tharaka-Nithi County, farms it on a quarter acre.
