Grace Halmiton is a farmer who has just joined Kafulu
and deposited a small amount of maize in the Kafulu
Warehouse.
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Grace Halmiton
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Inside Kafulu
Warehouse
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I'm one of the people who bought my
maize late so I didn't bring much to deposit, only 530kg. I had
already sold most of my maize to vendors as I didn't know about the
warehouse, and I got a much lower price than I should get if I put
my maize in this warehouse - around K40 per kg. Now I can get
finance of 70 percent of the value of that maize and I get will a
better price when I decide to sell. I am aware of how the price is
going to move and we are always told how the prices are going in
town by the warehouse staff. My maize is safe here. I am waiting
for the price to be a bit better before I sell. The warehouse is
well fumigated and also if I ever run out of maize and need food in
an emergency I can come and get my produce at any time. I am going
to use the money I get from this finance to develop my business of
buying relish and selling it in secondary schools and also to buy
more livestock for milk production.