🍃Kenya Avocados are back!! ☺️🥑
Mark your calendars, March 1, 2024 marks the opening of the avocado season.
Kenya avocados get better every other year, and here’s another go at our pursuit of success.
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Viambata sumu hivi viko black listed kwenye EU market @WizaraKilimo @OfficialTpri
•√ Avocado- A source of monounsaturated oil.
~The avocado has the distinction of being the fruit with highest fat content; the beneficial monounsaturated oils,which can lower blood pressure and lubricate joints.The flesh and oil contain antioxidants and are antiinflammatory, helping lower the risk of diseases such as arthritis,and boost women fertility. Avocado benefit arteries,lowers cholesterol, dilates blood vessels .its main fat,monounsaturated oleic acid( also contained in olive oil) acts as antioxidant to block artery - destroying toxicity of bad - type LDL cholesterol. One of the greatest sources of glutathione ,a powerful antioxidant, shown to block thirty different carcinogens,also a vasodilator.
~ Avocado are antiinflammatory; the fats of this fruit are special. They include phytosterols ,plant hormones such as campesterol,beta- sitosterol,and stigmasterol,that help to keep inflammation under control .It also contains polyhydroxylated fatty alcohols( PFAs) ,which are anti- inflammatory .Also a source omega- 3 fatty acids ,which help lubricate joints and reduce arthritis symptoms.
~ Avocado help in lowering blood pressure as it is a good source of potassium and low in https://t.co/YVDBpmD1FT a result, it can reduce the risk of high blood pressure and stroke .Also very rich in antioxidants and monounsaturated fats,which offer protection from heart diseases and stroke.
Avocado boost fertility and increase the success of IVF treatment. The avocado oil pressed from.the flesh ,not the seed ,is known for its ability to protect the heart and fight free- radical damage in our body.
~How to get the best from Avocado .
~ Peel it with care,majority of avocado's nutrients concentrate in the dark green flesh near the skin.quick or careless peeling means you lose these benefits. Cut the fruit lengthways into quarters and peel off the skin in sections .Its rich oil makes excellent base for salad dressings and marinades,and can be used as dipping oil.
~ Add avocado to make a colourful salad ,to increase absorption of key fat soluble antioxidants ,such as Lycopene and beta carotene, in other vegetables. Guamacole( Mash 1 avocado ,diced tomatoes and a squeeze of lime juice into a paste ,add chopped fresh coriander to taste)
After a long dry spell, the rains are finally here. When I started farming, the first thing I did was build a water storage pond to help manage the long and unpredictable periods of droughts.
Here is my step-by-step guide on how build a pond:
#KyavitiChronicles
We're happy to have been featured by
@FreshPlaza_com
following our attendance at Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Germany on 8-10 February, 2023. We're even more excited to announce the start of our Kenya #avocado season in Week 11.
This is Lodwar, Turkana county where we set up an irrigation system for trees 3 years ago.
If the entire county took up such an initiative, they'll gain so much from carbon credits
I had a brief but very productive working visit with President Uhuru Kenyatta in Nairobi today morning. Now back home! I like it this way- 1hr to N'bi 1hr back to Kgl. 1hr+ discussion 1hr from airport to S/H and back to a/port. A lot was covered !!! :)
@ChuchuIan@abdikidman707@fkanyingi@kipropkvictor Here are your seats 💺💺. Lesson 101 in business: always be on the lookout for opportunities. Let me know if you've seen more beautiful ginger. MOQ: 1 tonne
We are looking to expand the number of pineapple and avocado farmers that work closely with us. Specific varieties: Smooth Cayenne and MD2 Pineapples, Hass and Fuerte Avocados.
Bootstrapping and not having a lot of capital forces you to think creatively about how to get shit done at your startup. Rather than just throwing money at problems.