Growing groundnuts

Could you kindly let me know where to start, the right variety to grow and what to do so that my farming can be successful?

Nowadays in agriculture, you have heard people talk about smart farming, I would suggest that you adopt the same. To do smart farming, you must start with market survey. In this way, you will discover which agricultural produce is on high demand but missing in that market near you or is far reachable.

When you return to your farm, establish the crop and variety on high demand in those markets you did survey. With this, you would have created what is called your personal niche in farming (very smart).

When people realize what you are doing, you would have gained a lot of thousands of shillings, especially if your enterprise is horticultural. How do you start? You can start if you are sure you have settled on groundnut.

However, please don’t do it because you have seen people do it and if you must grow groundnut, think about value addition to get a better market.
Next is to get your finances ready and follow by land preparation early enough. Without bias, I would also suggest that you think of watermelons, for I know this sells a lot.

With the crop, you may be able to sell it far from the lake region. Lastly, think about local vegetables with medicinal values recommended by the medics within the region. All these will sell. Remember availability of water for irrigation in case of dry spell.