Sustainable dairy farming

Dickson

Bungoma Netima Village, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Dickson

Member since

August 2015

On-time repayments

292 installments  •  75%

About Me

An upcoming commercial agribusinesses entrepreneur with a passion for the less fortunate in the society.
having registered Lowell investments limited.with a vision of being one of the most sustainable agribusiness in Africa. its mission is to empower and eradicate poverty in the rural areas
Having being brought up in a poor family ,where we struggled to get to school or even a meal in a day.i feel for the vulnerable in the society especially the children and mothers.. hence the project to assist in employment and health.

My Business

The last Loan i took improved food production for the cow through use of Hydroponic Feeding.
It increased the level of milk from 4 litres to 6 litres per day which led to the increase of sales hence faster loan repayment.

Covid pandemic came with so many challenges with money disposal in peoples pockets was less.
The cost of raw materials also shoot and cost of labor too hence sales volumes decreased and repayment levels also went down
We thank God the Economy has started picking and now sales are picking up

We produced clean hygienic milk that every member of the society would literally compete for the 6 litres
We as a family the milk improved our diet hence good health to the family

The Next loan i still need to scale up on production of feeds/forage and silage.
Drought is very key challenge hence more food production is required to cater for the dry spell
plus Covid Effects still being felt

Summary on How cash/loan will be used
Repairs of Hydroponic stalls-$50
Buying of barley/wheat/sorghum seeds -$200
Buying of Chemicals- $ 50
Labour-$ 50
Miscellaneous Expenses-$20
Veterinary cost $ 50
Dairy Equipments-$50
Minerals/supplements-$50
Dairy Meal-$-120

Loan Proposal

The total cost of feeding in this model is adding up to 64%, which agrees with many studies done in Kenya. This % is the sum total of forages 30%, concentrates 30% and minerals 4%. Dairy farmers feed more concentrates to complement forage with low feeding value, such as low quality hay, overgrown and non-fertilised Napier grass and other grasses, maize stovers, low leaf/high stem content lucern hay.The loan will be used to improve the hydroponic feeding stalls this will increase milk production hence increase of Profit from current 16% to 18% after expenses

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  • mabo    Apr 28, 2018

    Thanks Dickson Wafula, and good luck for all your future projects!

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    • Dickson    Apr 28, 2018

      Dear Mabo
      Thanks for your comments am humbled
      have a blessed day ahead

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$295.00

Date disbursed

Jun 27, 2019

Repayment status

Late

Projected term

25 months

Lenders

Brian

Midhurst, Canada

Ron

United States

R

Raabo

Rungsted, Denmark

AndreaBravi

London, UK, Canada

MarktheMormon

Sandy, Utah, United States

Pere

Barcelona, Spain

Cordula

Cologne, Germany

PeteMx

Los Angeles CA,, United States

H

hilde

seattle, United States

Tavin

Ottawa, Canada

C

cyrilleberger

Gammalkil, Sweden

J

JandC

Watsonville, United States

Cloudways

Malta, Malta

DennyC

Rostock, Germany

R

rholden

glen iris, Australia

RasmusF

Södra Sandby, Sweden

Paul and Rachel

London, United Kingdom

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

S

SourceWebDesign

Nieuwegein, Netherlands

rhagen

New York, United States

calvero

Bergen, Norway

Jason

Auckland, New Zealand

stever

Cape Coral, United States

lizandsteve

guelph, Canada

D

drorm

United States

C

ColoradoEmac

United States

bb4dogs

United States

J

Joggele

Austria, Austria

SuperMario28

Cudahy, United States

M

mbarbier

United States

Mike and Jacqui

United Kingdom

Tanya

Nelson, New Zealand

C

Carol

Falmouth, United States

W

Wade

United States

Kevin

San Francisco, United States

Aran Dunlop

United States

A

Andrei

United States

M

mariamfula

United States

UK

Uday Kolluri

New York, Singapore

Gabriel Fenili

Santo André, Brazil

K

Katka

St Albans, United Kingdom

BS

Brandon S

United States

Carla

United States

JA

Jan Andresen

Hamburg, Germany

KJ

Kevin J Baird

Cleveland, OH, United States

Vratik Krocik

Prague, Czech Republic

VC

Victor Chong

United States

Dean Suminski

Portland, Oregon, United States

Diane U

Olympia, Wa, Usa, United States

D

David

United States

R

RMIM

United States

Mike

Indianapolis, United States

Tyler Metcalf

Utah, United States

A

Alex

United States

KJ

Karin Joy

Philadelphia, PA, USA, United States

Daveycee

The Hague, Netherlands

Chris

Fairfax County Virginia, United States

G

GWiz89

United States

SW

Sean Walsh

United States

DE

D'vorah Elias

United States

Genuine Interest

Singapore, Singapore

Julie

United States

B

Ben

United States

AO

Ahmed Omar

Netherlands

SG

stephen gore

United Kingdom

KA

Kate and Tom

United States

Dustin Lape

Lynchburg, United States

Carol Vigurs

London, United Kingdom

J

Jakub

United States

Noel Hamill

Halifax, Canada

Christine E Graham

New York, NY, United States

Sayuri

United Kingdom

G

Giscielle

San Fransisco, United States

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Summary

Amount repaid

$295.67

Amount remaining

$0.00

Date repaid

Jan 13, 2022

Status

Fully repaid

Repayment History

Expected Payments Actual Payments
Jul 7, 2019 $0.00
Jul 14, 2019 $0.99 Jul 14, 2019 $0.99
Jul 21, 2019 $0.99 Jul 31, 2019 $0.99
Jul 28, 2019 $0.99 Jul 31, 2019 $0.99
Aug 4, 2019 $0.99 Jul 31, 2019 $0.99
Aug 11, 2019 $0.99 Jul 31, 2019 $0.99
Aug 18, 2019 $0.99 Jul 31, 2019 $0.99
Aug 25, 2019 $0.49 Sep 9, 2019 $0.49
Sep 1, 2019 $0.49 Sep 9, 2019 $0.49
Sep 8, 2019 $0.49 Sep 9, 2019 $0.49
Sep 15, 2019 $0.49 Sep 9, 2019 $0.49
Sep 22, 2019 $0.49 Sep 9, 2019 $0.49
Sep 29, 2019 $0.49 Sep 9, 2019 $0.49
Oct 6, 2019 $0.49 Oct 20, 2019 $0.49
Oct 13, 2019 $0.49 Oct 20, 2019 $0.49
Oct 20, 2019 $0.49 Oct 20, 2019 $0.49
Oct 27, 2019 $0.49 Oct 20, 2019 $0.49
Nov 3, 2019 $0.49 Oct 20, 2019 $0.49
Nov 10, 2019 $0.49 Oct 20, 2019 $0.49
Nov 17, 2019 $0.99 Oct 30, 2019 $0.99
Nov 24, 2019 $0.99 Oct 30, 2019 $0.99
Dec 1, 2019 $0.99 Oct 30, 2019 $0.99
Dec 8, 2019 $0.99 Oct 30, 2019 $0.99
Dec 15, 2019 $0.99 Oct 30, 2019 $0.99
Dec 22, 2019 $0.99 Dec 22, 2019 $0.99
Dec 29, 2019 $0.99 Dec 22, 2019 $0.99
Jan 5, 2020 $0.99 Dec 22, 2019 $0.99
Jan 12, 2020 $0.99 Dec 22, 2019 $0.99
Jan 19, 2020 $0.99 Dec 22, 2019 $0.99
Jan 26, 2020 $0.00
Feb 2, 2020 $0.99 Jan 27, 2020 $0.99
Feb 9, 2020 $0.99 Jan 27, 2020 $0.99
Feb 16, 2020 $0.99 Jan 27, 2020 $0.99
Feb 23, 2020 $0.99 Jan 27, 2020 $0.99
Mar 1, 2020 $0.99 Jan 27, 2020 $0.99
Mar 8, 2020 $0.00
Mar 15, 2020 $0.00
Mar 22, 2020 $0.00
Mar 29, 2020 $0.49 Mar 29, 2020 $0.49
Apr 5, 2020 $0.49 Mar 29, 2020 $0.49
Apr 12, 2020 $0.49 Mar 29, 2020 $0.49
Apr 19, 2020 $0.49 Mar 29, 2020 $0.49
Apr 26, 2020 $0.49 Mar 29, 2020 $0.49
May 3, 2020 $2.46 Mar 29, 2020 $2.46
May 10, 2020 $1.00 May 5, 2020 $1.00
May 17, 2020 $1.00 May 5, 2020 $1.00
May 24, 2020 $1.00 May 5, 2020 $1.00
May 31, 2020 $1.00 May 5, 2020 $1.00
Jun 7, 2020 $1.00 May 5, 2020 $1.00
Jun 14, 2020 $0.50 Jun 12, 2020 $0.50
Jun 21, 2020 $0.50 Jun 12, 2020 $0.50
Jun 28, 2020 $0.50 Jun 12, 2020 $0.50
Jul 5, 2020 $0.50 Jun 12, 2020 $0.50
Jul 12, 2020 $0.50 Jun 12, 2020 $0.50
Jul 19, 2020 $3.40 Jun 12, 2020 $3.40
Jul 26, 2020 $0.50 Jul 26, 2020 $0.50
Aug 2, 2020 $0.50 Jul 26, 2020 $0.50
Aug 9, 2020 $0.50 Jul 26, 2020 $0.50
Aug 16, 2020 $0.50 Jul 26, 2020 $0.50
Aug 23, 2020 $0.50 Jul 26, 2020 $0.50
Aug 30, 2020 $2.41 Jul 26, 2020 $2.41
Sep 6, 2020 $0.50 Aug 30, 2020 $0.50
Sep 13, 2020 $0.50 Aug 30, 2020 $0.50
Sep 20, 2020 $0.50 Aug 30, 2020 $0.50
Sep 27, 2020 $0.50 Aug 30, 2020 $0.50
Oct 4, 2020 $0.50 Aug 30, 2020 $0.50
Oct 11, 2020 $0.44 Aug 30, 2020 $0.44
Oct 18, 2020 $0.50 Oct 12, 2020 $0.50
Oct 25, 2020 $0.50 Oct 12, 2020 $0.50
Nov 1, 2020 $0.50 Oct 12, 2020 $0.50
Nov 8, 2020 $0.50 Oct 12, 2020 $0.50
Nov 15, 2020 $0.50 Oct 12, 2020 $0.50
Nov 22, 2020 $2.41 Oct 12, 2020 $2.41
Nov 29, 2020 $1.00 Nov 30, 2020 $1.00
Dec 6, 2020 $1.00 Nov 30, 2020 $1.00
Dec 13, 2020 $1.00 Nov 30, 2020 $1.00
Dec 20, 2020 $1.00 Nov 30, 2020 $1.00
Dec 27, 2020 $1.00 Nov 30, 2020 $1.00
Jan 3, 2021 $8.45 Jan 5, 2021 $8.45
Jan 10, 2021 $2.96 Jan 18, 2021 $2.96
Jan 17, 2021 $0.00
Jan 24, 2021 $8.45 Jan 27, 2021 $8.45
Jan 31, 2021 $8.36 Feb 26, 2021 $8.36
Feb 7, 2021 $0.00
Feb 14, 2021 $0.00
Feb 21, 2021 $8.45 Feb 26, 2021 $8.45
Feb 28, 2021 $8.45 Feb 26, 2021 $8.45
Mar 7, 2021 $8.45 Mar 9, 2021 $8.45
Mar 14, 2021 $8.45 Mar 24, 2021 $8.45
Mar 21, 2021 $0.00
Mar 28, 2021 $0.00
Apr 4, 2021 $8.45 Apr 8, 2021 $8.45
Apr 11, 2021 $8.45 May 12, 2021 $8.36
Jun 29, 2021 $0.10
Apr 18, 2021 $8.45 Jun 29, 2021 $8.45
Apr 25, 2021 $8.45 Jun 29, 2021 $1.30
Jul 30, 2021 $7.15
May 2, 2021 $8.45 Jul 30, 2021 $2.70
Sep 10, 2021 $4.93
Nov 3, 2021 $0.83
May 9, 2021 $8.45 Nov 3, 2021 $8.45
May 16, 2021 $11.12 Nov 3, 2021 $1.83
Dec 8, 2021 $9.28
May 23, 2021 $11.12 Dec 8, 2021 $1.83
Jan 4, 2022 $9.28
May 30, 2021 $11.12 Jan 4, 2022 $2.54
Jan 13, 2022 $8.57
Jun 6, 2021 $11.12 Jan 13, 2022 $11.12
Jun 13, 2021 $11.12 Jan 13, 2022 $11.12
Jun 20, 2021 $11.12 Jan 13, 2022 $11.12
Jun 27, 2021 $11.12 Jan 13, 2022 $11.12
Jul 4, 2021 $11.12 Jan 13, 2022 $11.12
Jul 11, 2021 $11.12 Jan 13, 2022 $11.12
Jul 18, 2021 $11.12 Jan 13, 2022 $11.12
Jul 25, 2021 $11.12 Jan 13, 2022 $11.12
Aug 1, 2021 $0.41 Jan 13, 2022 $0.41

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