Kenyans see profit in dragon fruit farming

By Xinhua News Agency

Feb 20, 2023 12:03 am

NAIROBI: Monica Waiganjo moves through her farm in the mid-highland village of Kithimani in the southeastern Kenyan lowlands with six farmers in tow. Waiganjo stops at intervals on a cactus-like plant to explain a concept to the eagerly listening farmers.

In recent times, her 2-acre farm has become a model farm for a growing niche of dragon fruit farmers in the country.

‘SUPER FRUIT’ Photo taken on June 12, 2022 shows yellow pitaya in Haikou, south China’s Hainan Province. XINHUA PHOTO

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