date:Dec 12, 2019
Nakuru County has introduced a new variety of strawberries from Japan, which is fast maturing, bigger in size and has more weight that the local variety. Project coordinator Grace Warukere said the strawberry fruits have huge income potential for farmers and added that a harvest from one hectare was likely to earn a farmer over Sh.250,000 (2,250).
Warukere said the new Japanese variety of strawberries takes two and a half months to mature, and a farmer could easily have the benefit of harvestin