Farmers shift to lucrative avocado one tree at a time

Gideon Gitonga at his avocado farm in Nchiru, Tigania West. PHOTO | GITONGA MARETE

If there is one crop that has suddenly become a craze among farmers across the country, it is the avocado. From Eldoret, Nyeri, Embu to Meru, traditional cash crops are fast being wiped out, with avocado trees taking their space on the farms.

In Meru, some farmers have cut down their coffee bushes replacing them with avocado as they eye a fortune from the new venture.

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