Fertilizer and seedlings to expand my vegetable farm

Festus

Nakuru, Kenya

7% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Festus

Member since

January 2015

On-time repayments

114 installments  •  6%

About Me

My name is Festus Kipkurui Bii and currently 29 years old. I am married to Joyce and blessed with one son Ryan. We reside in Kiamunyi- in the outskirts of Nakuru town.
Professionally, I am an accountant- studied Certified Public Accounts (CPA) at Kenya College of Accountancy and currently working with Savemore distributors in Nakuru town as a junior accountant.
To supplement my income, I also do farming in our family land at Kabarak area where I plant mainly vegetables and other early maturing crops.
My hobbies are visiting friends and watching movies.

My Business

I have a farm in Kabarak area in Gogo village- few kilometers from Kabarak main university. I plant mostly vegetables and beans which are early maturing. I am very passionate with farming and the farm has helped sustain us even before I got a job. Now I want to improve its productivity by employing every useful agribusiness skills.
My main customers are the locals and a few grocery owners in Nakuru town. My wife helps to foresee the farm while I only visit the farm when I am free.

Loan Proposal

Farming has been very important for my family. Both as source of food and income. Right now I would like to plant cabbages and kales for sale during the dry season between February and May when the prices are good.
Therefore, I will use the $100 loan to buy seedlings and fertilizer for planting before the end of the short rains.
Purchasing ready seedlings will save on time and cost. Meanwhile I will use the small revenue from the current sales to repay the loan.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$100.00

Date disbursed

Jan 16, 2015

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

27 months

Lenders

McJulio

New Jersey, United States

K

Katehar

Maple Valley, WA, United States

B

BobJames

Toulouse, France

K

Kaz12

Winnipeg, Canada

J

jwharding

Hamburg, Germany

P

pellm

Ashland, United States

N

NoelC

Chelmsford, United Kingdom

D

Dettmann1

Atlanta, United States

J

janharg

Garland, Tx, United States

T

Travelbear

Asheville, United States

E

eirccharrie

Cupertino, United States

FrederikMatthijs

ghent, Belgium

T

ThomasGermany

Wuppertal, Germany

F

Frenchie

Johannesburg, United Arab Emirates

Voscke

Utrecht, Netherlands

KM

Kirsty M

United Kingdom

SE

Sven E

Mannheim, Germany

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