Rashid nursery seedlings

Juma

Miknjuni Mtwapa, Kenya

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Name

Juma

Member since

November 2012

On-time repayments

83 installments • 11%

About Me

MY names are Juma Ndaa Rashid. I am 37 years old. I was born in a family of eight. Four Boys and fout girls and I being the fifth born .
I was born in Mikanjuni Village Mtwapa Location, in Kilifi County.
I schooled at Mtomondoni Primary School and later went for my O levels studies in Kwale High School.
After finishing my O Levels I was admitted at Mombasa Technical Training Institute and pursued a Dipllma in Informationa Technology.
Currently an entrepreneur doin my business.
And My business is dealing in Plants and Food Crops Nursery Seedlings.
Whereby I do prepare young Plants like Mango seedlings, Citrus seedlings and sell them at a fair price to Farmers.
Am married with two kids. One 11 years and the other one 2 years. Am a committed family man.

My Business

About My business I operate on small scale business because of lack of funds to expand the business.
The business is operated by one person thtats me. And sometimes do recruit people to help in when there's work overload of i have to pay the for more labour.
The amount I would like to borrow is US $80/=. With this amount US$ 80/=, I will buy Potting Bags which will cost US 40 DOLLAR ,and the remaining 40 US DOLLARS will buy a Farming Tools Planting rope costing 5 US DOLLAR, Digging Tool 10 US DOLLAR, Knapsack Sprayer 25 US DOLLAR.
The area is a very potential place for this kind of business because there are no such kind of business around the area.
The demand for Seedlings is high because its located close to farming lands where most of the farms are virgin.
The profit I will get from this business I will use to expand it in order to accommodate more employees .

Project Proposal

First and foremost when I the funds I would like to increase the production and growth of my nursery. The Funds I will use it to buy more Potting bags.These pottings bags will enable me to plant more seedlings.
I will also buy more planting materials like forest seeds, grafting papers, and grafting tapes.
Potting Bags 40 US DOLLARS,
Forest Seeds 10 US DOLLARs,
Grafting Papers and tapes 33 US DOLLARS.