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A cool Sh72,000 from passion fruits

Elisha Lang’at inspects his passion fruits at Teganda, Ndaraweta, Bomet County.

Many farmers in Bomet County engage in maize and tea farming, among other crops. Nevertheless, another cash crop is now gaining momentum in the county: passion fruit, which is known as ‘kirindila’, in the local dialect.

The crop is perhaps going to be the next frontier in the county, thanks to companies that purchase and export the produce to overseas.

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