Julius malohkeh is a 36 year old farmer
from hisui to Julius and his wife Mattie
bond have set up a vegetable farm about
an hour outside of the capital Masseria
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despite his passion for farming Julius
faced significant challenges trying to
run and grow his business do I being a
producing full-time but we have been
experiencing a lot of haze so it damages
all the crops that means the quality of
the crop was not cooked at all Julius's
production was also seasonal and
dependent on the availability of water
that is until he heard about a Grants
program in Lesotho that targeted
smallholder farmers like him
through the sadp grant Julius was able
to build shaded tints set up a borehole
and purchase a generator for pumping
water there was not enough water in
those days so but right now we have
caught the vocals so we have quite a
plenty of water now and that means we
were able to produce that the day in and
around the whole year we produce because
the fruit the improved quality of his
produce has allowed Julius to expand and
diversify his markets his current
cabbage production is being sold to
small neighborhood shops around his farm
but also to large supermarket chains in
Lesotho and neighboring South Africa
after the LCD peers are rafting we have
seen the impact in crop production that
means we have I have seen that the eel
to increase the questionnaires of a
product that enables me to the highest
market through the project Julius has
also benefited from the guidance and
advice of an expert from the Ministry of
Agriculture she visits his farm
regularly and advises on issues like
irrigation practices crop diseases and
even marketing we now end this farm us
to produce not only for consumption and
also for commercial purposes therefore
before someone engages in commercial
activities he or she needs to be guided
on how to to produce the kind of crops
for instance that will meet the market
demand
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being struggling you know open space not
approaching they were good to protect
but now everything is good because one
starts out up fr arrived we are being
able to make a man till we buy a vehicle
to transport it that it is the product
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change