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Farmer reaps big from tree tomato juice

The proprietor of Tamarillo fruits industry Daniel Kiboi on his farm at Amboni Village in Mweiga,Nyeri,on November 13,2018. Kibata Kihu/Standard

In 2014, Daniel Kiboi, bought 2,000 tree tomato (tamarillo) seedlings just to try his luck with them.

To set the ball rolling, on his two-acre piece of land in Mweiga, Nyeri County he integrated the surrounding forested area, with his tree tomato plants, a farming technique known as agroforestry.

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