Green house for my farm

John

Busia County, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

John

Member since

June 2014

On-time repayments

156 installments  •  67%

About Me

I am John A Otieno a commercial farmer in Angorom village,Teso south ,Busia county Western Kenya. I hold Bsc.Agricultural Economics degree from Egerton University.I had passion in farming and that is why decided to settle in commercial farming as a revenue generating venture.
From the earnings i have been able to expand my farm from 0.5 acres to 6 acre and I have a dream of making it 10 acres in the next two years. I am also planning to diversify into other ventures like poultry and mushroom farming.I am challenging other graduates to join agribusiness since its an equal opportunity employer and can help reduce poverty levels in the community.

My Business

I am commercial farmer farmer,currently engaged in dairy farming and production of high end horticultural value chains including,kale's,capsicum (green ,red and yellow), cabbages and cereals majorly millet production.The demand is quite impressive and rarely do i get surpluses in the farm,I grow my crops in open field and use money maker pumps from kick-start for irrigation I also have one small greenhouse and another big one ( I bought with zidisha loan)that i use for tomato production.Most clients prefer my products because they are high quality and fresh,they are also fairly priced.This gives me a competitive edge against my competitors.
I am also a dairy farmer and keep 3 jersey cattle for milk production. I get 70 liter of milk per day and use it for yoghurt production and supply 30 liters daily to a nearby hospital and 10 litre to an orphange.
my monthly revenues average is$1200. I use $400 as cost of production and make profits of $800 in a month.
I use my income to support my family,pay my masters fee.and I supply milk and vegetables to a nearby orphanage for free so that the kids in the orphanage can also feel good and well taken care of.

Loan Proposal

Thank you so much for helping me this far.The future really looks bright and all regards and appreciation goes to zidisha staff and incredibly generous lenders.Thank you so much.
I am requesting for a loan to facilitate purchase of a green house ,the green house will definitely increase my production per unit area and the quality of the produce. The cost for the green House is $1700,so far I have saved $400,towards this project and I will add that on the loan to buy the green house.
I am very optimistic you will support me and once again,thank you so much.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$1,188.00

Date disbursed

Dec 4, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

6 months

Lenders

davelowe100

Perryville, United States

O

oasis

Boise, United States

Apmay

Melbourne, Australia

JimVandegriff

Trinidad, California, United States

H

hilde

seattle, United States

Sombreronick

Mainz, Germany

M

Mårten

Inden, Switzerland

S

SvenWaage

Stavanger, Norway

Cricketca

San Jose, United States

Hedwich

Gorssel, Netherlands

Zal0m0n

Atlantis!!!! x), Mauritania

Games4Charities

Rochester, United States

J

jumpfunky

Dortmund, Germany

C

curtains4u

North Kansas City, United States

R

ricka736

Wellington, New Zealand

Evan Lamos

Brussels, Belgium

SP

Scott Palmer

branford, United States

T

thebonseung

Republic of Korea

J

Jonas

Linköping, Sweden

Jonas

Brussels, Belgium

WhyPeace

United States

K

Karpet

Faroe Islands

Tobsoc

Hannover, Germany

P

Prometheus

Duisburg, Germany

organic

Portugal

M

mbarbier

United States

ZH

zoe henley

United Kingdom

SE

Sven E

Mannheim, Germany

M

MatzeFR

Frankfurt, Germany

SE

Shimrit Elisar

United Kingdom

A

AmyLuYenYin

Brisbane, Australia

AP

Adam Peterson

United States

D

David

United States

O

Ori

Jerusalem, Israel

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