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How Taveta residents turned dryland into cash cow by farming groundnuts

Small scale farmers have embraced the drought tolerant crops, thus beating the harsh weather.

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by SOLOMON MUINGI @mfalmesoloo

Coast29 June 2022 - 20:47
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Penninah Muinde attends to her 5 acre groundnuts farm at Mokine, Taveta Sub County. She is among tens of small scale farmers in the region who have ventured into nut farming

In a random stop over at the Voi bus park in Taita Taveta County, along the busy Nairobi/Mombasa highway, you will be welcomed by dozens of groundnuts-hawking men and women.

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