Meat source product improvement loan

Joseph

Masii, Kenya

100% repaid

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Entrepreneur

Name

Joseph

Member since

December 2015

On-time repayments

144 installments • 74%

About Me

I am a graphic designer and livestock farmer. Born in Nairobi Kenya and raised in Machakos town. I am the first born of three children to a single mother. I have a Diploma in Business Administration from Technical University of Mombasa. After my college studies in Mombasa, I moved to Machakos and did volunteer work in NGOs. Driven by passion I went into business 2 years later (2011) to start a graphic design agency called Jomac Media. In 2014 having lost my grandparents and my father I moved to my local village in Masii to manage my grandfathers estate. My desire to utilize land and create employment saw me start goat farming. I acquired a few local breed of sheep/ goats and opened a butchery in a Peri-urban settlement area in Machakos called Mjini in my hope that I can sell affordable meat to improve nutritional security. Adequate consumption of animal source foods amongst the poor communities here still lags behind because of cost challenge. To date I have identified best breed of sheeps and goats that I can breed in my farm to improve animal source products in the market. I have already started securing feed and making housing units for at least 200 sheeps. I want to acquire 50 ewes by January 2016. An ewe cost Kes. 5600 and hope to raise atleast KES. 560000 from loan and grands

My Business

I have two businesses, Jomac Media which I have operated for four years and Earthorganic Industries which is a year old. I earn my income from Jomac Media by developing marketing and communication mediums for SMEs, IEC materials for NGOs and advertising consult for start ups.
It is from this that I support myself, and the new business (Earthorganic Industries) whose primary business is forage, tree seedlings and livestock husbandry.

Loan Proposal

I want to acquire a doper sheep doer of at least 9 months to 1 year into my farm to sire lamps with the current breeds which are somali sheep and black headed persian. This will allow me to utilize these breeds to improve product as I come to acquire 100% doper ewes. This sheep which is a cross between Dorset horn and black headed Persian is adaptable to hardship areas. They are good browsers with great feed to meat conversion. They are ready for market at 8 months with an approximate weight of 32kgs.