Tomato farming

Entrepreneur

About Me

My full names are Shadrick Mzaduri the first born of four children . Growing up, my life was a little tricky because we barely had everything we needed as a family. We had to go through a lot of struggles cause my father was just a miner and working in the mine back then was not as much.
My father was very hard worker, he got up everyday early in the morning and first went to the farm to do work just so he can supply the marketeers with farm produce as he is on hes way to work. When i was in grade 6 he passed away leaving behind only mum to fend for us. i would say this was the time life really got hard for us because mum barely knew ways of raising money. I dropped put of school in grade 10 because there was no money for school.
I started growing my veggies and started supplying the marketeers at the local market just like my father used to. id supply then with chinese cabbage, spinach, okra, onions and tomatoes. This is how i started my farming business.

My Business

Selling a variety of veggies did not bring in so much income, so i then decided to specialise in growing tomatoes only. the main reason was because tomatoes around my area is in demand and most farmers do not grow tomatoes.
so on my piece of land, i strictly just started growing tomatoes on a large scale and started taking my supplies in the city for sale. this then brought in some income and atleast i can say that i started making things and started taking care of my siblings including my poor mum who has struggled to raise us up to this age. mostly i pick about 7 boxes of tomatoes and sale then at about 150 to 200 in the city.

Loan Proposal

With my recent disappointment with the farming Inputs I purchased, I have this time done my research on the right products to use for my farming and also have learned a lesson on how to first make my soil fertile first before planting.

Income Source

I already have enough tomatoes to sustain me financially upto mid April or so. Tomatoes have seen an increase in price at which a box is being bought at so I have the already made plans that after my sales this Friday and Tuesday next week, I would have raised enough money to repay my loan and also settle a few bills at home

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