Paul Ndiho, VOA Correspondent shares the fascinating story of Maria Zelina Zaloumis. She is a trained nurse and cardiologist in Australia who quite her medical career and moved back to Zambia to launch Tuzini Farms, a commercial farming company that specializes in growing tomatoes.
Tomato farming is known to make huge profits in the market, Abedi Kivindyo is a young man minting serious money in his locality from tomato farming. He tells his story on Next Gen Farmer, talking how he decided to venture in agriculture and why tomato farming. Fact: Every farmer looks for tricks to better tomato farming in Kenya. Most Kenyan farmers started with tomato farms having been told of the huge profits in the market. www.farmers.co.ke is the site for authoritative multimedia agricultural and agribusiness content.
A tomato farmer in Kapchorwa district is not letting unpredictable weather get in the way of his passion for agriculture and is growing his plants in a greenhouse. The greenhouse allows the tomatoes to grow in the sort of climatic conditions they require. Joel Cherop refers to his type of innovation as an open greenhouse. Our reporter Ivan Kimuli Kigozi was in Kapchorwa.
Getting the best out of tomato and onion farming
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Maria Zaloumis went from being a specialised nurse in Australia to a very successful tomato farmer in her native Zambia. She now employs more than 70 people from local communities enabling them to send their kids to school.
Tomato Farming in Kpetoe
Tomato cultivation and farming in Nigeria plus how you can use our experienced farmers to work with you.
