Its amazing how as Kenyans have their heads and minds hell bent to quote the likes of Steve Jobs and Warren Buffet as role models forgetting to look right beneath their noses. There are Kenyan replicas of Warren Buffet and they right before our eyes or ear shot.
Annie Nyaga is a successful farmer in Mbeere, Embu County, where she plants watermelons and tomatoes among others.She makes it to the list of top millionaires in her country. According to her, she said: “I do not know how I would be fairing now if I had stuck to my purchasing job. Going into farming was a good decision,” “I saw a potential in farming when I was supplying groceries around the city. Farmers could reap mouth wetting benefits,” she adds.
If you were quick to judge that farming is for the illiterate, Annie Nyaga may just prove you wrong, since she holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Science and Technology. While speaking to Daily nation, the lass revealed that she turned down a scholarship to do a Master’s degree in Biomedical Science and Technology in USA after graduating from Egerton University to pursue her passion which was farming.
“FARMING HAS ALWAYS TAKEN A SPECIAL PORTION OF MY HEART. I DON’T FEEL LIKE I WASTED MY FOUR YEARS IN UNIVERSITY SINCE I CAN APPLY WHAT I LEARNED IN MY FARM”
Urging fellow youth to stop dismissing farming as a side hustle she said;
“FARMING IS A PROFESSION LIKE ANY OTHER AND YOUNG PEOPLE SHOULD NOT VIEW IT AS A SIDE HUSTLE. THEY SHOULD BE READY TO SOIL THEIR HANDS IF THEY WANT TO PROSPER IN FARMING.”
Like Annie, many Nigerians have come to the conclusion that watermelon farming is simply ‘a poor man’s fastest road to riches.
And contrary to the wrong opinion that watermelon can only do well in the Northern parts of Nigeria, watermelon can actually be profitably grown from ANYWHERE in Nigeria. In fact, the warmer temperatures and longer growing season of the southern areas especially favors this vegetable.
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