The Ultimate Guide to Farming Land in Malindi: Everything you need to know

Quick Facts about Farming Land in Malindi (Adu and Kamale)

Looking for farming land for sale in Malindi? Malindi is the perfect place for you! With its rich soil and great climate, Malindi is a natural paradise for farmers. Approximately 600 KM from Nairobi is Adu and Kamale areas which are vast and fertile areas with virgin farming land.

County	Kilifi
Governor	Hon. Gideon Mung’aro
Constituency	Magarini
Area MP	Hon. Kombe Harrison Garama
Local Politics	Generally Calm and there has not been any conflict between locals and new landowners
Local Ethnic Groups	Giriama and Waata
Other Ethnic Groups	Cosmopolitan (Mixed ethnicity)
Faith	Predominantly Christian, with a small minority of Muslims.
Economic Activities	Crop farming and animal husbandry
Rainfall	800 mm – 1,000 mm

What crops grow well in Malindi?

Crop Farming

Malindi produces a wide range of crops, fruit trees, and vegetables. The most common crops grown in Malindi include maize, black beans, soya beans, cowpeas, pigeon peas, green grams, groundnuts, cashew nuts, simsim, cassava, sweet potatoes, sorghum, millet, sunflower, and many other cereals and legumes. How well the crops do slightly depends on the soil type, the amount of rainfall that year, and the time of year.

Fruit Farming

Fruits farming generally does well in Malindi and includes pineapples (the Smooth Cayenne variety does exceptionally well), mangoes, bananas, oranges and lemons, coconut, watermelons, pawpaws, yellow passion, dragonfruit etc.

Vegetable Farming

Vegetable farming such as chillies, brinjals, okra, tomatoes, kale (sukuma wiki), cucumbers, onions, tomatoes, eggplants, green and red sweet pepper, aubergines, garlic, pumpkins etc. Animal farming is also very common in Malindi including, goat and sheep farming, rabbit farming, pig farming, beekeeping and poultry keeping.

Other farming

Other agricultural viable activities include bamboo farming, sisal farming, castor farming, casuarina tree farming, pasture and bixa farming.

Types of Soils in Adu and Kamale areas

Ngama	Similar to black cotton soil
Soso	It’s whitish in colour
Sokoke	Similar to red soil through it’s sandy loamy

Farming land in Malindi is profitable with all three types of soil producing a variety of crops. Pineapples are one of the most promising, long-term, perennial crops.

Ngama Soil 

This kind of soil is basically used to grow cereals and legumes, which require a very short period to mature. 

The cereal and legumes which does very well is as follows:- 

• Maize
• Green Grams(Ndengu) 
• Kunde (Cowpeas)
• Beans 
• Kamande 
• Watermelons
• Additionally, it’s good for goat rearing because the grass is always available.

The above matures in a period of between 60-120 days.

NB: This type of soil is ideal for a person who is a permanent resident. 

Soso Soil 

The Trees that grow in this type of soil are very big and mostly scattered. The soil is good for:

• Animal husbandry
• Mostly the locals have built their homes on this kind of soil.
• Coconut trees 
• Casuarina trees (Uses include producing poles for building houses and hotels in the coastal region)
• Cassavas 
• Mangoes
• Maize, Green grams, Kunde and many other cereals and legumes

Common animal farming practices in Malindi include goat and cow farming, rabbit keeping, poultry farming, pig farming, and beekeeping among others.

NB: This type of soil is ideal for a person who is a permanent resident 

Sokoke Soil 

This is premium soil with good water retention and drains very well. It’s good for:

All types of cereals including:

• Piwi (widely known as Njahi or Black beans)
• Kunde (Cowpeas)
• Green Grams(Ndengu)
• Soya Beans
• Njungu Karanga (Groundnuts)
• maize
• Watermelons

The above mature between a period of 60-120 days 

Trees and fruit tree farming do well around Malindi. These are crops that do not require a lot of supervision after planting. Below is a list of such:- 

Crop	Maturity Period
Pineapples	8 to 12 months
Mangoes	18 to 24 months
Cashewnuts	18 to 24 months
Bixa	6 to 8 months
Oranges	18 to 24 months
Cassava	6 to 8 months
Pilipili (Pepper)	3 to 4 months
Casuarina trees	18 to 24 months (this is used as building poles for hotels in the coastal region)
Moringa trees	8 to 12 months (mostly medicinal)
Yellow Passion	6 to 18 months
Bamboo	3 to 5 years

The above farming can be done by a farmer who is not a permanent resident there but through supervision.

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