Hydroponics business

John

Machakos, Kenya

100% repaid

Entrepreneur

Name

John

Member since

June 2013

On-time repayments

323 installments  •  71%

About Me

I am a 37 year old man,leaving in machakos county in kenya.
I am the fifth born,being the last born of my mother.I have 3 brothers and a sister.
I am schooled up to college,with a diploma in computer repair and maintenance. This was informed by my interest in tinkering with machines.
I have an interest in agriculture, an especially horticulture. I get to farm fast moving vegetables and sell them to customers.This has been informed by by upbringing, coming from an agriculturally dependent family as well as the scarcity of formal employment in my locality.
I do love the outdoors,getting to hike,do nature walks as well as travel.this informs me by observing/learning how people make use of local available resources as well as be informed as to the cultural and social aspects of life of the different communities I get to mingle with.

My Business

I have been doing horticulture farming for about five years now.o will say its a profitable and involving venture.
I have been planting
1) cabbages
2)spinaches and kales
3)peppers
4)butternuts
5)watermelons

I would say the greatest challenge has been availability of a steady supply of water in the farm.the river I utilise has been damed upstream thus reducing the amount of water available to do irrigation.
I have come across hydroponics agriculture and have my interest set to try it out. This system of farming will reduce for me the amount of water to use as well as be able to utilise the vertical space in the green house thus ensuring that my budget for water to irrigate is reduced and have an increase in production within a faster duration.

Loan Proposal

I do appreciate the assistance fronted thus far by the zidisha community.
Last time I was here I was asking for a loan to set up a hydroponics test bed for growing vegetables and cooking herbs.
Along the way I came across a deal for a piece of land I couldn't pass and diverted the funds there.
Now I come back to bring my dream for a hydroponics setup back to reality.
Please do make my dream a reality.
Thank you in advance.

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Loan Info

Project Type

Classic Loan

Disbursed amount

$558.00

Date disbursed

Oct 5, 2018

Repayment status

On Time

Projected term

12 months

Lenders

JessieD

Alexandria, Va, United States

ads68

Melbourne, Australia

JonB

London, United Kingdom

xtrahardware

Cazenovia, United States

Flipmore

Vancouver, Canada

JA

Joshua Axtell

United States

R

RMIM

United States

JH

Joseph Hwang

Houston, United States

Bruno

Vancouver, Canada, Canada

SS

Sean Sullivan

Austin, TX, United States

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