Moussa is a 29 year old from Falan village ~ 2 hours south of Bamako. He joined myAgro because “I knew I had money from time to time and I saw it would be easy to put some aside to buy fertilizer and seed.”
Moussa is incredibly motivated – he joined us as an assistant vendor, and he spent countless hours speaking to farmers, reminding them about their layaway payments and goals and explaining the benefits of myAgro. In fact, Moussa shared some his strategies which are now myAgro “best practices” that we’ll teach new vendor assistants to do from now on: first he visits farmers during the weekly market and then, knowing that they will put aside money for myAgro layaway payments he visits them that evening or the next day. In the cool night, he sits, has tea and chats with farmers who buy cards from him. The majority of his myAgro layaway card sales happen at 9 pm when farmers are relaxed and at home.
Moussa is excited to plant a half-hectare with myAgro. He chose Faso Kaba’s Sotubaka maize seed and made sure to fastidiously follow myAgro’s planting methods. His land is at the entrance of the village so he asked us about putting up a sign to show everyone that he’s working with us. It is his 2nd time to use certified seed but his first time to use fertilizer. “I couldn’t afford it before,” he said.
“I have to take care of my wife, 2 small children and 8 others in the family. My goal is to harvest enough food for my family to eat. Last year our harvest was enough for 4 months. After that I took credit for the rest of the year so we could eat.” Moussa explained. Then with a smile, he added “And my second goal is that next year everyone joins myAgro. We’ll have less hunger and the community and myAgro will be more successful!”
