Organic vegetables

Juliette Y.

Juliette is 32 years old and single. After completing her degree in electrical engineering in France in 2010, she worked there as an electrician. In 2015, she made the decision to return to Rwanda. Back in her home country, she noticed that most emigrants from Europe and the USA did not have the variety of vegetables they were used to. She was also shocked to see how many local farmers were using pesticides without realizing it.

Project ID

246

Country / City

Rwanda / Kigali

Jobs at the start

5

additional potential jobs

5

entrepreneur sponsorship

Training and coaching CHF 250 per month over four years

Project description

As she has always been enthusiastic about farming, is very environmentally conscious and believes that people should eat organic food, she developed the idea of setting up an organic vegetable company and selling the produce. Driven by this motivation, she started growing fruit and vegetables on a farm she had inherited from her family. She does not use any chemical fertilizers in her cultivation. Today, she cultivates a wide variety of fruit and vegetables, which she sells at the market. Customers who have ordered from her come there to collect their orders.

Juliette is a dynamic and energetic entrepreneur. Her vision is to set up a structured delivery system. So she has also started delivering fresh baskets of organic vegetables to her customers' homes. She is now well-known for this service in Kigali.

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