Banana flour triples a Kirinyaga farmer’s earnings

Karen Wairimu value-added banana flour known as Afya Chap Chap. It is mixed with cassava and pumpkin for potassium with vitamin B 17 [Mugucia Rugene]

A Kirinyaga farmer has found an agribusiness niche and a revenue lifeline in adding value to her harvested banana produce that has not only increased the product’s shelf life but has more than tripled her earnings, at a time when over-production and a shrinking market have taken a toll on the crop’s earnings.

Karen Wairimu from Njegas village in Kirinyaga Central Sub County says traditionally, farmer’s obsession with certain crops has worked against them as evidenced in the current oversupply of bananas in the market.