A young, thriving agripreneur has urged fellow youth to embrace agribusiness as a job rather than wait for white collar jobs.
According to Mkulima Mdogo Seedlings proprietor Loise Kabuti, agribusiness is still underutilised, and it would reduce an overreliance on white-collar jobs as well as create employment for oneself and others besides filling the country's food basket.
Kabuti, who is in her late twenties, studied electrical engineering at the university while her husband, Lamech Victorious, specialised in the construction industry, but the two did not shy away from soiling their hands to form the award-winning agro-based company known for producing fruits, vegetables, herbs, and tree seedlings.
The latter is the farm manager, while the former is the firm's CEO. "After finishing school, we decided to give farming a hand, albeit without the skills and expertise that we have gained over the years until we transitioned to soilless media propagation from the traditional nursery bed we started with in 2016," says Kabuti.
