Kenya: Watermelon Farming in a Drought. 1 December 2011. Inter Press Service By Isaiah Esipisu. Durban, South Africa — On a Sunday evening, a track loaded with 10 tonnes of watermelons leaves ...

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Anthony Kimani Muhia is as ambitious as he is entrepreneurial. The 32-year-old farmer from central Kenya has figured out much of what's wrong with the country's farming system, and he's determined ...

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Kenya sugar farming takes sour turn Reuters • March 26, 2015 There's growing calls to overhaul Kenya's struggling sugar industry - as it suffers further blows from falling prices and escalating ...

Get a suitable farmland: nice site, good soil To start watermelon farming you do not need just any type of land. Your farmland should meet some specific qualities for your crops to do well ...

The fourth-generation farm has 12,000 acres among Indiana, Illinois, Florida and Georgia and works with fellow farmers to grow the industry.

Kwon, who has been farming for 25 years, said it was the first time extreme weather conditions had caused such severe damage since she began growing watermelons 10 years ago. "I was worried about ...