Tomato & vegetable farming

Joshuoa

Doho Beach , Kagak Village, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

Joshuoa

Member since

July 2016

On-time repayments

114 installments  •  66%

About Me

I was born in our home village, " kagak". I was raised there for a while by my parents. They died when I was seven years old. Am the third born among six kids. I moved to live with my uncle for the rest of those years. I started my education in our village primary school. In 2009 I did my kcpe and passed to high school which I continued to work smart. I also passed but didnt get direct entry to the university . still have an ambition of continuing with education.. Since hardship is part of life while Persuing a goal, I just work smart and hard to achieve them.. I started farming from advice's that I was getting from friends and because it was the best opportunity for me. Most of the youth see farming as a job of old people coz it dirtify people. Am not married and I don't have a child.. I like playing football since I have talent in it. I help those who are needy to achieve in my capacity.

My Business

I grow vegetables, watermelon, onions and tomatoes which I sell to our local market. Most people depend on these for food. I saw this as the best opportunity for me. I get funds from the stuffs I grow and this is what I use to pay for the expenses. I use the profit made to improve my farming and to support those I can help grow in life. I intend to grow these crops on a large scale. Am also striving to have much that can help me grow other crops.

Loan Proposal

I'll use 90 us dollars to purchase 30 grams of fortune maker variety of tomato. 40 us dollars to purchase a land which I'll use to grow them. 10 us dollars to purchase vegetable seeds. I'll also purchase 50 kg of DAP fertilizer at 30 us dollars. 40 us dollars will be used for chemicals and 10 us dollars for ploughing the land

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$225.00

Date disbursed

Jan 25, 2017

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

7 months

Lenders

M

Mksiege

Laredo, United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

JonasL

Stockholm, Sweden

Lotus Flower

United States

PG

Paul Graham

United States

John Minges

United States

Craig Newmark

United States

The Zinc Team

San Francisco, United States

Humble Bundle Community

San Francisco, United States

David McLauchlan

Seattle, United States

A

Anonymous

United States

R

RMIM

United States

Paul Buchheit

Mountain View, United States

Bjørn

Norway

JG

Jake Gibson and Beverly Picardo

San Francisco, United States

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  • J    Aug 26, 2018

    Dear Joshua,

    How is your business going today. Is it already back on track? I really hope so.

    Best wishes,
    Joost

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  • Samson    Aug 7, 2018

    I have communicated to joshuoa and he explained to me that is business was going through tough moments and experiencing low income,i advised him to make payment then adjust the loan to an amount that his comfortable to pay.he promised me to make payments today.

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  • Joshuoa    Jun 26, 2018

    Am getting low returns

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  • Joshuoa    Jun 4, 2018

    Am experiencing low income that can't sustain my repayments.

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  • Kennedy    May 30, 2018

    Dear lenders, I had a positive discussion with Joshua regarding his loan repayment. We agreed that he adjust his payment to amount he can manage and pay immediately. In a weeks' time he will begging harvesting his tomatoes and his repayment will be in order. Joshua had problem brought about by prolonged rainfall that was never anticipated.

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  • J    May 18, 2018

    Please make a payment on your Zidisha loan. Lenders loaned to you with good faith that they would be paid back in a timely manner. Zidisha is a powerful tool when used correctly to grow a business. Do not throw away an opportunity to prosper in the future!

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  • Joshuoa    Apr 3, 2018

    Am experiencing low returns so am not able to pay the full amount.

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  • Joshuoa    Mar 24, 2018

    I received 82507 KES. I'll buy tomatoes seeds and some agro chemicals. I dearly thank zidisha lenders for the loan and I promise to pay back.

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  • Joshuoa    Mar 16, 2018

    Am grateful again to be conversing to zidisha organization and my lenders. Am going to buy tomatoes seeds, some agro chemicals and ferterlizers for my farm. This will help improve my level of farming and production and help me achieve in the future. I dearly thank my lenders for the loan that I have received from them and I promise to pay back to the lenders.

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  • Richard    Mar 14, 2018

    Good luck!

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  • Monika    Mar 7, 2018

    Wish you all the best. Hope your business will be become very successful.

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  • Cordula    Mar 6, 2018

    Wishing you a very good harvest!

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  • Joggele    Mar 5, 2018

    Dear Joshua, do you plan to grow organic without pesticides in the future. This would be great and I would support you organic afforts in the future with pleasure!
    All the best

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    • Joshuoa    Mar 6, 2018

      Yes, Joggele. If I get opportunity like that then I'll appreciate. Thanks for your concern.

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  • Victor Zuanazzi    Jan 26, 2018

    Good luck with your farm, I hope you profit all the 80% you are aiming at! It would be really great!
    Do you know of farmers around you that do not use chemicals?

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    • Joshuoa    Jan 31, 2018

      Thanks.. No. Agro -chemicals are used by all farmers because of the pests and diseases that damages it's growth.

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      • Victor Zuanazzi    Jan 31, 2018

        Joshuoa,

        pests and diseases are indeed a big problem when you grow only one sort of crop. I know a few farmers in brazil that do not use chemicals, they also have problems with pests and diseases, but they use other methods to prevent it. One producer keeps certain plants among his rice, those plants keep mosts pests alway.

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        • Joshuoa    Feb 1, 2018

          That may be good but here farmers only use Agro chemicals.. It seems there is still a problem with the technology

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        • John    Mar 9, 2018

          Hi Victor,

          Would you please check and find out for me the type of plants one can inter-plant to keep pests away. I would appreciate to have this knowledge.

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  • Joshuoa    Jan 21, 2018

    I purchased tomatoes seeds and their chemicals. I also used some amount of fund to maintain it through until it's harvest. The purchase increased my level of production and as well as my level of earnings. My earnings has increased by 70 percent. I have used the increase to construct poultry farm. We've achieved to pay for school fees for my younger brothers and sisters. We live happily with our neighbours

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  • Joshuoa    Jan 20, 2018

    I purchased tomatoes seeds and it's chemicals. This purchase increased my level of earnings and getting what I was unable to buy. Have used the increased earnings to construct poultry farm. My earning increased by 70 percent

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  • Joshuoa    Jan 14, 2018

    Am getting higher returns thus am able to pay more.

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  • Joshuoa    Dec 30, 2017

    am getting higher returns.

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  • Joshuoa    Dec 14, 2017

    ok, am progressing well will my projects. I really thank lenders for what they did to me

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  • Joshuoa    Dec 4, 2017

    Due to low returns

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