Clearing land to expand my cocoa & cassava farm

Ahmed

Techiman, Ghana

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Entrepreneur

Name

Ahmed

Member since

April 2016

On-time repayments

155 installments • 49%

About Me

I am the fifth born of my parents . I was born in a village called Aworopata in the Brong Ahafo Region in Ghana.
I attended a public school in. the same village. I was an average student. I was good in Mathematics and science.
My parents sold their cocoa farm to assist me complete my secondary education.For the univarsity I have work before getting money to pay my school fees.
And now I have bought a farm land and cultivated cocoa and cassava plantation which has helped me a lot.
My neighbors are very peaceful,sociable , loving and caring people.
For my children. I want them to choose a carrier they they prefer to do in life time. I used my leisure time to motivate people to have believe in themselves that is the can do spirit.

My Business

For now I am a professional teacher holding Diploma in the basic school but the work I have attached to the teaching is farming. I am doing crop farming (cash crop) cocoa and cassava farming.
I have intended to expand the farm in a large scale. Both the cocoa and the cassava I do see it to get income.
I have great interest in farming that made me to farming. I spent 1500GHS for the preparation of the the land and 400GHS for the seedlings and 700GHS for labours
I used the profit to expand the farm.

Loan Proposal

I want to extended my cassava and the cocoa farming I am having six hectares of land left.I will high labour to clear the land which will cost $225 and the cassava stick , cocoa seedling and transportation will cost $223. This will help me to get money to cater for my family and the needy in my community.