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Francis Irungu Muturi resides at the far end of Jumatatu village in Nakuru County where he practices passion fruits farming in a small portion of 25 by 30 meters. He ventured in passion fruits agribusiness in 2017 after attending agricultural seminars, and since then, the venture has profiteered significantly encouraging him to soldier on.
He started by planting 30 seedlings, which he bought from a certified dealer where 24 of them survived, and later, he added them up to 50. He has been expanding his passion farm gradually, and currently, he has 70 mature passion fruit stems and 200 others that he planted recently.
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