Luz Mary is 45 years old, in a common-law marriage, and lives with her husband and child who are her greatest priority. With her loan, she plans to purchase banana seeds of good quality and health and a high adaptability to the soil and climate conditions of the area and to purchase fertilizers and other products to apply to the plants. In addition, she will pay the labor costs to apply the products and tend the plants once they have developed well. In this way she will assure that good work is done.
What she plans is to make the most of the good climate and soil conditions that the area has for this crop and also to put into practice the experience of a number of years in managing the crop. In addition, she will be able to purchase the best products of better quality so that her plants have good development and health and also a good harvest and to have a significant production. With the income from the harvest that she expects to get, she wants to use it for the well-being of her family and to achieve some family goals and to continue investing in the crops.
This is the first loan she has gotten from FUDECOSUR. She has not had previous loans from state banks, but FUDECOSUR has offered her the loan with better terms and a much lower interest rate.
Translated from Spanish by Kiva volunteer Wendy H. View original language description.