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Nyanza group turns sweet potatoes into a thriving business
Women harvest sweet potatoes at a farm in Kabondo Kasipul Constituency, Homa Bay County. The crop is considered secondary by many Kenyans whose staple diet is mainly maize. Photo/Everline Okewo
Adding value to sweet potatoes is fetching Western Kenya farmers more money. Rising demand for the root and its products is linked to costly inputs for maize farmers, diminishing land sizes, and the high cost of living.
The trend has picked up speed mainly in Nyanza, thanks to the Anglican Church’s initiative. Farmers, under Kabondo Sweet Potato Savings Co-operative in Homa Bay County, have been making products such as bread, cookies, crisps, chips, jam, juice, chapati and mandazi from the crop.
