Youth empowerment through agri business
James
Mugoiri Village, Kenya
100% repaid
Entrepreneur
Name
James
Member since
June 2014
On-time repayments
158 installments • 97%
About Me
My names are James Irungu and I am 26 years old. I am a businessman in Muranga County in a place Mukuyu. Currently I am the manager of Mugoiri Modern Small-Scale Farming Organization (MMSFO) and I oversee the running of the project. As the manager I liaise with the Farmers Training Centre (F.T.C) and other stakeholders to train youth groups in agribusiness. I am a very innovative and creative young man whose hobbies include swimming and playing handball.
My Business
I founded MMSFO in the year 2013 and it empowers the youth with skills in modern small-scale farming. This project sprouted from urbanization and unpredictable weather patterns that have dealt agriculture in the region a blow in terms of low productivity. Urbanization has led to subdivision of once vast farming areas into small units of land that are unsuitable for profitable agricultural enterprises. In addition to this, the youth have a poor perception towards agriculture.
The objective of the project is to deliver knowledge and skills in small-scale farming techniques to the youth while empowering them into capital intensive agribusiness and to enable them make more informed choices in agriculture for improved and sustainable livelihoods.
OBJECTIVES
1. To deliver knowledge and skills in suitable small-scale farming techniques while empowering the youth into agribusiness.
2. To enable the youth to make more informed choices in agriculture for improved and sustainable livelihoods.
Agribusiness project activities
The project involves setting up a drip irrigated model farm.
Armed with this knowledge, the youth groups are in a position to liaise with the Youth Enterprise Fund intermediaries in their Counties for funding. The intermediaries carry out viability assessments for all proposed business plans.
The training averagely runs for a duration of 1 week after where an evaluation is carried out to determine the level of adoption of new technologies among the youth. Productivity levels in the model farms are later assessed and compared with other non-irrigated farms where it is proved that drip irrigated model offers improved and sustainable farming and is profitable in terms of Agri-business.
Loan Proposal
following successful two project in farming. we intend to expand our capacity in horticulture farming through purchasing water pump and irrigation pipes.
This is estimated to cost Ksh 80000. we intend to use fund raised through zidisha to add up to retained returns to purchase a water pump and irrigation pipes. This has been necessitated by radical weather changes in farm. we remain positive that this will reduce the cost of farming in the long run and consequently increase profitability.
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Loan Info
Project Type
Classic Loan
Disbursed amount
$605.00
Date disbursed
Oct 10, 2015
Repayment status
On Time
Projected term
7 months
Lenders
Brooklyn, United States
Taiwan
United States
United States
United States
Germany
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Summary
Amount repaid
$632.19
Amount remaining
$0.00
Date repaid
Mar 31, 2016
Status
Fully repaid
Repayment History
| Expected Payments | Actual Payments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2015 | $15.00 | Oct 18, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Oct 25, 2015 | $15.00 | Oct 25, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Nov 1, 2015 | $15.00 | Oct 31, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Nov 8, 2015 | $15.00 | Oct 31, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Nov 16, 2015 | $10.00 | ||
| Nov 15, 2015 | $15.00 | Nov 16, 2015 | $10.00 |
| Nov 24, 2015 | $5.00 | ||
| Nov 22, 2015 | $15.00 | Nov 24, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Nov 29, 2015 | $15.00 | Nov 29, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Dec 6, 2015 | $15.00 | Nov 29, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Dec 5, 2015 | $10.00 | ||
| Dec 13, 2015 | $15.00 | Dec 5, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Dec 20, 2015 | $15.00 | Dec 5, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Dec 27, 2015 | $15.00 | Dec 5, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Jan 3, 2016 | $15.00 | Dec 5, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Jan 10, 2016 | $15.00 | Dec 5, 2015 | $10.00 |
| Dec 21, 2015 | $5.00 | ||
| Jan 17, 2016 | $15.00 | Dec 21, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Jan 24, 2016 | $15.00 | Dec 21, 2015 | $15.00 |
| Jan 31, 2016 | $15.00 | Dec 21, 2015 | $5.00 |
| Jan 18, 2016 | $10.00 | ||
| Feb 7, 2016 | $15.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $15.00 |
| Feb 14, 2016 | $15.00 | Jan 18, 2016 | $15.00 |
| Feb 21, 2016 | $15.00 | Feb 4, 2016 | $15.00 |
| Feb 28, 2016 | $15.00 | Feb 4, 2016 | $15.00 |
| Mar 6, 2016 | $15.00 | Feb 4, 2016 | $15.00 |
| Mar 13, 2016 | $15.00 | Feb 4, 2016 | $15.00 |
| Mar 20, 2016 | $15.00 | Feb 4, 2016 | $15.00 |
| Mar 27, 2016 | $15.00 | Feb 4, 2016 | $15.00 |
| Apr 3, 2016 | $10.00 | Feb 4, 2016 | $10.00 |
| Apr 10, 2016 | $50.00 | Mar 16, 2016 | $50.00 |
| Apr 17, 2016 | $50.00 | Mar 16, 2016 | $50.00 |
| Apr 24, 2016 | $50.00 | Mar 19, 2016 | $50.00 |
| May 1, 2016 | $50.00 | Mar 19, 2016 | $50.00 |
| May 8, 2016 | $62.19 | Mar 23, 2016 | $30.00 |
| Mar 31, 2016 | $32.19 | ||
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