Some farming ideas require less attention, less labor, and less capital but give good returns like beekeeping, blue gum farming, and bamboo farming.
Beekeeping requires less capital and a small size of land to start and has huge returns. 1 kg of honey in Kenya for example ranges from 800-1000 Kenyan shillings. Other bee products also like bee venom and wax are very marketable and expensive. One beehive can produce about 30-50kgs per harvest and harvesting is done twice per year. Another farming idea is bamboo farming, this is practiced when you have idle land and you don’t have time for monitoring. It’s one of the most selling products, especially in the furniture company. They are planted during rainy seasons and weeding is done only when they are young. they take 3-5 years to give returns. To venture into bamboo farming it’s important to own the land.
Blue gum farming
Blue gum farming also requires only a piece of land and less capital to start. They are always sold according to their age, for example, a five-year-old tree can cost about 10,000 Kenyan shillings. They are mostly used for timber, in construction sites, and for making poles especially electricity poles which are used by KPLC company, and poles for fencing. The older the blue gum the better. Blue gum farming can also be mixed with beekeeping for maximum utilization of the land hence getting maximum profits.
