Teodoro

Teodoro, 40, has lived for 10 years with the mother of his three children. His parents taught him the art of cultivating the land, and he has always tried to sow his hectares so that he would have a crop in every season. At this time he is sowing potatoes with 15 sacks of seed, after which he will sow three sacks of peas. There is no rest for Teodoro, as soon as one crop has been harvested, another field needs work, then he goes back to sow the first, and in this way they can always be harvesting and they don't run out of money.

He says that to do agriculture needs much patience and luck, because there are seasons where there is no profit, and other seasons are very good, but either way he has to keep sowing, profitable or not. He is a client who is now working for the fourth time with MFPrisma, being very responsible in his payments. Moreover, he is very grateful for the loans that have been facilitated, permitting him to keep planting. Since he is going to sow 15 sacks of potatoes, he needs fertilizer costing $60 per sack, and at the same time he will buy the 3 sacks of pea seeds.

Translated from Spanish by Susan Sanford, Kiva Volunteer

Teodoro tiene 40 años de edad, vive con la madre de sus tres hijos desde hace 10 años. Sus padres le enseñaron al arte de cultivar la tierra, y siempre ha tratado de sembrar varias hectáreas para que la cosecha no falte en ninguna temporada, en esta oportunidad está sembrando papa con 15 sacos de semilla y después sembrará arvejas de tres sacos de semilla. Para Teodoro no hay descanso, terminan de cosechar una, y la otra chacra está para trabajar, y en la otra vuelve a sembrar y de ese modo siempre puedan estar en permanente cosecha y no les falte el dinero. Comenta que para la agricultura hay que tener mucha paciencia y suerte porque hay temporadas donde no se gana, y temporadas muy buenas. Pero igual tiene que seguir sembrando sea rentable o no. Es un cliente que vienen trabajando por cuarta vez con MFPrisma, siendo muy responsable en sus pagos. Además está muy agradecido por facilitarles los préstamos que le permite seguir sembrando. Como va sembrar papa de 15 sacos, para ello le falta abono que cuesta 180 soles el saco, asimismo comprará las 3 bolsas de semillas de arvejas.

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