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Improved agribusiness

A bunch of succulent grapes
harvested from a farm in Banisa.
AbOUT GRAPES
HORTICULTURE A REALITY,
Grown in temperate climates across the
world, including southern Europe, Africa,
Australia and North and South America and
now in Mandera. THANKS TO IRRIGATION

Grown for thousands of years, grapes come
in different colours - green, red, black,
yellow and pink. hough heavy flooding ravaged Mandera as, mangoes and pawpaws.
farmers’ crops, the total production of The bumper harvest can be attributed to the
Offer a wealth of health benefits due to their Tassorted farm produce in 2018 was over improved extension service delivery by the
high nutrient and antioxidant content. Also a 18,000 metric tons and earned farmers over county’s Ministry of Agriculture, which has
good source of Vitamin C. Sh1 billion. also seen individual farmers in Banisa and
Mandera West conduct trials in their farm on
Good source of fibre, potassium, a range of The crops that registered highest income for non-conventional crops for Mandera such as
vitamins and other minerals. farmers included watermelons, onion bulbs, grapes, cabbages, passion fruit and avoca-
tomatoes, maize, pasture and fodder, banan- does with a marked degree of success.