My name is Stephen, a resident of kitale in Kenya. I'm an enthusiastic farmer and also have interest in value addition to farm products as well in engineering solutions to solve problems that farmers face day to day. I'm also interested in agriculture which is actually what I want to be remembered for. In the dry season I have the habit of boosting my Agricultural production to take advantage of better prices in the market. I usually grab the opportunity to produce vegetables off season so as to capture the good markets when supplies are low. I already have about 3000 plant population under capsicum but I am pushing to plant more to reach an area of 1 acre.

I'd like to grow my farming enterprise by taking it up more seriously. I'm targeting school markets as these are easily available to me given my acquaintances with school heads. I also do capsicum, beans, cabbages and maize. This dry season my specialty is capsicum which is coming up well. In my long term plans I'm however going into avocado production and oil extraction. I am making avocado pulp drying apparatus for this purpose. The funds will enable me to have the drier and hydraulic oil press ready by February when the next avocado season kicks in.

From my agriculture venture that had been running I want to divest into woodworking which is my passion too and for which i have been saving by purchasing the machinery slowly over time. Most of the items are in place save for a bandsaw and pillar drill which I now intend to purchase with the funds. Production will then commence after also relocating the yard to my residence to save on cost of space and enable working after-hours and late evening when I return from my dayjob