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Curiosity leads farmer into successful strawberry farming

Mary Gathoni harvesting strawberries from her farm in Limuru, Kiambu County. [PHOTO: NANJINIA WAMUSWA]

It is said that curiosity killed the cat. For Mary Gathoni, it pushed her into an unknown world of strawberry farming, which is now a successful agribusiness. Gathoni is today laughing all the way to the bank.

It all started in 2008 when Gathoni and her women’s group were trained in strawberry farming by officers from the Ministry of Agriculture.

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