Greenhouse farming

Grace

Nyeri, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Grace

Member since

February 2014

On-time repayments

70 installments  •  59%

About Me

My name is Grace Wambui am 27 years old. We are in a family of seven three brothers, two sisters mother and father. I live in Nyeri and am a greenhouse farmer. I hold a degree in mass and communication. I ventured in agribusiness after searching for a job to no avail.I later found out that i had passion for agribusiness.I bought an amiran greenhouse kit where by am planning to buy tomato seeds and plant them.The greenhouse has a 500 plant population space.The tomatoes will mature after three months and i will start harvesting.Each tomato plant will produce an average of 20kgs of which the average price for the tomatoes is sh50 in the country.The harvesting period for tomatoes in a greenhouse is 6 months,With the zidisha loan i will be able to get good seeds and start on a good note.By the end of the year am planning to have atleast 5 greenhouse kits

My Business

As I have mentioned above My name is Grace Wambui am 27 years old. We are in a family of seven three brothers, two sisters mother and father. I live in Nyeri and am a greenhouse farmer.the zidisha loan will help me in getting the services of a good agronomist and also ensure i get one permanent employee who will be of assistance in taking removing the weeds and also ensuring the highest standard of hygiene are observed,Am doing all these to ensure i get a bumper harvest,The harvest will begin in three weeks time and am projecting to be harvesting a minimum of a hundred kilograms per week.The market price at the moment is 50 kenya shillings per kilogram.With that i will be able to pay my loan with ease.By the end of the year am planning to have atleast 5 greenhouse kits.

Loan Proposal

As I have mentioned above My name is Grace Wambui am 27 years old. We are in a family of seven three brothers, two sisters mother and father. I live in Nyeri and am a greenhouse farmer.the zidisha loan will help me in getting the services of a good agronomist and also ensure i get one permanent employee who will be of assistance in taking removing the weeds and also ensuring the highest standard of hygiene are observed,Am doing all these to ensure i get a bumper harvest,The harvest will begin in three weeks time and am projecting to be harvesting a minimum of a hundred kilograms per week.The market price at the moment is 50 kenya shillings per kilogram.With that i will be able to pay my loan with ease.By the end of the year am planning to have atleast 5 greenhouse kits.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$267.00

Date disbursed

Apr 22, 2014

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

7 months

Lenders

Jonas Sweep

Utrecht, Netherlands

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