General farming

Martha

Bungoma, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Martha

Member since

April 2017

On-time repayments

14 installments  •  79%

About Me

am Martha nabutilu simiyu,am a business woman,28 yes of age,lives in bungoma and am a university graduate, practised agriculture since 2008 and is doing much better to me,in school I practised farming while in primary that is from 1998 to 2003 in primary and in secondary it was from the year 2004 to 2007 most working in sukuma wiki farm,coffee plantation, maize plantation,planting of Nappier grass,carrot farm and cabbages.

My Business

I sell flowers and I want to buy more to sell to my customers,I sometimes practice poultry farming,I do purchase the chickens,purchase pesticides to treat them and at the same time purchase chicks to increase my poultry farm,I practice agriculture in my small farm,grow plants like maize,beans onions,kales,tomatoes and sell to my customers at a fair price,always plant beans that take short season of about 3 months,I love agriculture because it produces me with more income that I deserve usually in times of emergencies,kindly I will be happy to be given your loan and work together to build my business and benefit the society,my aim to practice this is to improve our,all this are my business practice for my farm produce and I encourage many to do the same to earn income in life,I want to work hard to take my kid in school because she needs fee for next year in school,I myself also where I live I pay rent and I want to work hard to complete all these,the same services provide me with all I need,my farm worker I also pay them from my business, I also want to build up a structure to start selling firewood to people and school's, will also buy power saw to cut down trees for fire wood in case you give me your chance of having your loan back,I have good dreams and I want to fulfil the them all at ones,I want to build a house to escape rent payments, at the same time I work in a private school where at least every month I earn income but on different dates after end Month,am not that stable job wise but am trying my best to achieve the best that I can

Loan Proposal

I will use the loan to buy pesticides,herbicides and fertilizers for my crops,also will have to purchase chicks and buy poultry feeds.That will cost me around 5000 shillings and later it will increase my production hence better harvest better income,my next loan and I want to purchase insecticides,pesticides,manure or farm fertilizers,I will add more chicks from purchase,buy feeders,buy chicken feed and add an incubator which all will cost me 15000 shillings each n total,the above mentioned insecticides will help in part of farming to destroy insects that will hinder and ritard the crops and the pesticides is used to kill pests that will hinder production too,the fertilizer makes the farm fertile for crops grow and mature faster for good markets and the yield will be fine and the demand will be high,crops like tomatoes give us vitamin c and can be used as salad when mixed with cabbage And some onions,carrots can be eaten raw to give vitamin c and also make the teeth strong,can be used in food while cooking for taste,onions can be nice and is used to prepare meals with tomatoes to make soup for taste,when all plants when planted,they help in adding of nutrients in soil in different occasions hence little fertilizer can be applied in soil due to soil nutrients,I also want to grow peas that is beneficial in terms of nitrogen ingestion in soil that makes the soil fertile too,its very expensive in market and provides a lot of income to the society,it can be used at home as food and it tastes nice.all this crops are used as food,provide income when mature,help soil gain nutrients,and also the fertilizers,pesticide s and insecticides help in weed control and insects plus pests control

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$5.00

Date disbursed

Aug 22, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

2 weeks

Lenders

MarktheMormon

Sandy, Utah, United States

Dirk

Penang, Malaysia

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