Awilo Habibu Ali Habib
Chicken Farmer
$130 Requested
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raised
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About - Awilo Habibu Ali Habib
Awilo would like to start his own business raising chickens. He is confident that there is a good market for eggs in central Zanzibar, where he lives, and where eggs sell for about twenty cents (300 TZS) apiece. Awilo is 32 years old and has two wives, with seven children in total. He currently works as a gardener at the Zanzibar Butterfly Centre. His first wife is learning to become a butterfly farmer and his second wife earns income selling the bread that she bakes.
Borrower Country - Tanzania
"FORUM: Give advice and discuss how Awilo Habibu Ali Habib can improve their business."
Find regular outlets such as shops that will take lots of eggs as well as local individual customer. Educate people on how they can cook with eggs. A receipie sheet ? Maybe in ways they do not today. Establih a breeding program whereby you breed new hens each year. As the older ones slow down in production you will always have fresh replacements coming along. |
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