Sarah Mukandutiye
July 14th, 2009 Posted by admin
Sarah owns Shema Farm, which is about 24 hectares. She is involved in a number of projects including dairy farming, fruit and vegetable growing, as well as chicken rearing.
Sarah owns about 75 cows and produces an average of 600 liters of milk per day. She sells her milk to three dairy outlets, which in turn sells the milk to consumers in raw form. Her fruit and vegetable growing currently includes oranges, pineapples and macadamia nuts and tomatoes. Her goal is to begin selling her fruits to markets by 2010.
She currently has three greenhouses and she produces about 1,000 eggs per day from chickens.
Sarah’s farm began as a side project, but as her business has continued to grow, she had to resign from her full-time job in order to effective manage the farm and its growth.
“I believe this training will provide a unique opportunity for me to learn new skills,
which will empower me to be efficient in my business,” Sarah said. “In addition, the cross culture interaction with other women business entrepreneurs will be a wonderful opportunity to share knowledge, experiences and exposure.
Sarah is also dedicated to improving her community. Since she is a dairy farmer she has no need for bulls when they are born, she simply gives them away to people in her community.
