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Greetings from Kulumbeni Farmers Group in Western Kenya! Agnes is the facilitator of the Kalumbeni Farmers group. This group joined One Acre Fund in the year 2011 and will re-enroll in the 2012 program.
Agnes takes care of eight children at home. She joined One Acre Fund in order to access fertilizer and hybrid seeds and ensure food security for her family. In the recent 2011 season, Agnes had a good maize yield harvesting 26 bags on 1 acre of land. Before joining One Acre Fund, Agnes was only able to harvest 10 bags of maize on 1 acre of land.
With this loan, One Acre Fund will purchase fertilizer, seeds, and other important inputs to distribute to Agnes and her group during Kenya’s next planting season in February 2012. The distribution of farming inputs is part of One Acre Fund’s integrated agriculture package, which includes training, reliable input supply (such as fertilizer and seeds), credit and insurance.
With income from maize sales, Agnes will educate her children and invest in livestock rearing.
In 2012, the members of Kalumbeni Farmers group will each plant between ½ and 1 acre of maize.
In this group: Agnes, Justo, Francis, Ezekiel, Jacob, David, Judith, Richard, Nelson, Richard, Salome
