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Due to a rapid increase in population, there has been a huge demand for food in Kenya. Given that 80 percent of the land is arid and semi-arid, irrigation agriculture offers a new lease on life for communities living in Asal regions such as Bura in Tana river county. Our reporter Dr. Paul Kangethe visited Bura Irrigation Scheme and met a thriving watermelon farmer.
Farmers in Bura Irrigation Scheme bank on watermelon farming, so far 12,000 acres has been utilized
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