Western Kenya should dump sugarcane for sunflower and palm trees
https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1DXxyRdbRdRKMSunflower Farming Profit in Kenya The sunflower market in Kenya is vast and diverse. Immediate customers include local farmers and groups that use sunflower. Big companies such as Bidco also contract farmers to plant sunflowers which is a raw material for their products. The secondary sunflower market in Kenya is finished goods consumers. Sunflower seeds help in making soap, cooking oil, soaps, cosmetics, animal feeds, and fuel. Farmers sell their seeds to other farmers or companies at between Kshs. 25 to 35 a kilo. So, in a good season, one can earn up to Kshs. 42,000 ( 35*1200) from an initial investment of under Kshs. 10,000 and make Kshs. 32,000 profits. READ ALSO Commercial watermelon farming in Kenya guide Some farmers opt for value addition to make profits. Farmers groups, as well as individuals, purchase oil extractors. One bag of sunflower seeds ( 50kgs) can extract up to 16 liters of oil. The market price of a liter of sunflower oil is Kshs. 250. Therefore, you can make up to Kshs. 40,000 per bag. Farmers also sale sunflower cakes used as animal feed at Kshs. 40 per kilogram. The sunflower farming profit in Kenya is relatively higher compared to other cash crops like maize Read more:
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