Class Leader

I am a peasant farmer who dwells from Musembe where I live with my family of 6 children, their mother, and I.

I grow bananas, sweet potatoes, blue gum trees which I sold and used the money to pay school fees for my daughter who’s in form 3. During the rainy season I grow tomatoes, cabbages, cassava, and maize.

From the time I started coming here I learned how to make organic compost which has improved the soil quality. Previously I had used compost, but I still used fertilizer. The center has made me confident that the manure can both improve the soil and help me harvest good food.

I’ve learned how to keep poultry. I have about 10 chickens. I’ve learned about good dairy cows, how to breed them. I have one dairy cow, one bull, and one calf. I have used AI for the calf.

In the future, if I found sponsorship, I would like to learn how to make animal feeds, mineral supplements, and how to be an AI officer, and have an animal plant for producing the same.

At the centre, I’ve learned about farming as a business and to be a serious business farmer. The centre has given me competition that causes me to work harder to make a better farm. It has also made me busy because I know I have to work hard to keep ahead of the competition. It has also let me socialize with different people of different walks of life. And it’s made me eager to come to Canada!