These are the 6 crops that will make you a millionaire quickly in Kenya

By
James Oundo
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Most profitable crops to grow in Kenya

Most profitable crops to grow in Kenya: Everyone likes making smart quick money, Right?  Now if you’ve passion for farming but with limited capital and land, the crops listed below have been tested over time and have to be proved quick money makers.

Giving them a try will definitely leave a land mark in your life as the returns are overwhelming.

Most profitable crops to grow in Kenya:

Cabbages:

Cabbages too have unending demand in towns.  Two acres of well managed cabbages, in any East African capital can earn you about 580,000 with investment capital of about 77,800.  You’ll need an experienced farmer to give you more information on how to go about it.

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Onions:

Planting onions is simple as planting beans but the returns are huge. Normally, a kilo of Bombay variety, one of the best varieties, costs 100 and 300 when prices are lower and higher respectively.

According to research, an acre can give you 4000 kgs and taking the lowest price (100), this will earn you 390,000 yet with less than 39,000 invested capital. The market for onions locally and internationally is ever available.

Watermelons:


Are you aware that a big watermelon can cost 500? The demand for watermelon is present in many towns in Uganda. Smart middlemen are exporting them to Kenya and South Sudan for better prices.

If you can be a regular supplier of melons, many hotels and restaurants in Kampala are ready to welcome you. You can make 1,238,000 in three months from just growing two acres of these simple creepers. The estimated capital requirement is 77,800.

“When buyers find me in my garden, a small melon goes for less than a dollar while a big one goes for 100,” an experienced farmer says.

Pumpkin:

Pumpkins rarely miss on the menu in almost all hotels and restaurants you know in Kampala. But what’s surprising, you rarely come across a garden of pumpkins. This is a “virgin” area awaiting exploitation.

A single plant of pumpkin can produce over 100 pumpkins.  It is advisable to buy a pumpkin with a hard shell from markets and get out seeds to plant.

READ: A Beginners Guide to Profitable Cucumber Farming in Kenya

An acre accommodates 784 holes. Each plant will produce between 10-30 pumpkins. The least price a pumpkin sells on the garden is 40. Considering 10 as the average, this translates into 300,000 with an investment capital of about 15,000.

Passion fruits:

An acre requires 600-800 plants. Planting materials cost 10 and 40 for unspotted and potted ones respectively. Currently, a bag of local purple is selling at 15,000 in local markets while the Kawanda type is selling 10,000.

In a well-managed acre, Kigoye, an expert, says a farmer can collect two to four bags of fruits a week for a period of 12 months for the two seasons.

Taking two bags as the average, it translates into 96 bags of harvested passion fruit. And, taking 6,000 as the average price per bag, a farmer would earn 557,000 but when prices go up to 15,000 during scarcity a farmer will pocket Sh. 150,000.

Tomatoes:

Sauce without tomatoes is not sauce to day! Even if it’s not fresh tomatoes, at least tomato sauce extracted from tomatoes will be applied. There are testimonies of people who are rich because of tomatoes.

To get maximum yield, one needs to be near a source of water like a river so as to grow tomatoes even in dry season, when the prices shoot up. If you don’t have land near Kampala, don’t worry because you can rent it at affordable rates.

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You just need to get a few tips from successful farmers and experts to kick start your poverty eradication campaign by growing tomatoes. With an investment capital of 46,000 you can earn about 190,000  if you sold at the lowest price.

27 COMMENTS

  1. Good article about farming and making money through farming. But as per your calculations, are this prices for Uganda or Kenya? The article mostly focuses on Kampala…?

  2. Am a resident of Garsen Constituency.
    Am looking for an interested partner to invest in agri-business along river tana. There is plenty of idle land ideal for irrigation.
    Please contact me on this no. 0724582740

    • Profitable short time crops
      How to make Ksh 10k per day
      1. Dania——–100 bunches @ Ksh. 10———–1,000
      2. Mchicha —-50 bunches @ Ksh. 20————-1,000
      3. Hoho(capsicum)—–100 heads @ Ksh. 10—-1,000
      4. Tomatoe……………….100kgs @ Ksh 20———2,000
      5. Green maize———-200 cobs @ Ksh 10——-2,000
      6. Mabenda————–100kgs @ Ksh. 30———3,000
      This can be done on rotational on a 1/4 an acre each

      Surely it’s a rewarding venture.
      Am only lacking the capital for farm inputs and equipments

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  12. I lack capital and have the land. Want to plant onion. Any one willing can contact me I provide land and water and he/she provides capital. I am at Makueni cnty in MBOONI sub-cnty where the climate is favourable for farming.
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