Why you should consider farming as a career

Farming is a wide field that consists of growing crops and keeping livestock. Many people have shifted from their white-collar job to venture into different kinds of farming due to their success rates. Kenya’s GDP is dominated by the agricultural sector that contributes 34.7 per cent to the gross domestic product.

Farming is a career that has earned most farmers better employment. Here are a few reasons that recommend you to consider farming.

Endless choices

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They are different types of farming methods and crops to grow hence you will never miss a niche to specialize on. There are several popular crops grown including sugarcane, oil palm, coffee, pineapple, bananas, mushroom, tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables.

Great employment rates

Most unemployed youths have ventured in farming business like rabbit farming is the most vibrant venture now in the country, vegetable farming and fruit farming. They have reported it’s a great source of employment to those struggling to get a white-collar job. The government has also urged youths to venture into farming.

You can also choose to venture into food supplying where you can purchase crop produce from farmers and sell it in the market places. This is another opportunity farmers should grab to control the demand and supply of foodstuffs in the market to assist farmers who face transportation issues that leads to wastage of food.

You don’t need to come from a farming background

You don’t require farming background or to have studied agriculture to venture into farming. As we are in the information age era, there is a lot of information online that inform farmers on the most profitable crops to grow, the common diseases and pest attacking crops, how to increase your yields, how to grow different kinds of the crops and crops maintenance.

Technology

Advancement of technology in the agricultural activities that aim to increase the production of food, provide safer and efficient farming machines. Technology is helping farmers discover weather patterns and monitor the market supply and demand chain. There is an emerging interest in big data that is prospected to be the future of agriculture. It will help farmers respond to climate change and improve environmental protection.

Success is guaranteed in farming if you follow the instruction given depending on seed requirements and taking maximum care on your plants.  

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