Prime the Pump Technology™
Prime the Pump Crop Installation & Irrigation System:
To provide external irrigation interventions focused on improving water use efficiency and management.
Main Objectives
To boost production in dry land areas especially given the patterns due to climate change but this should not involve large scale schemes, instead we are focused on farmer-led irrigation, using small solar pumps and bamboo pipes harnessed locally.
Goals
- To introduce a simple but effective solar linked Irrigation Solution to each farming community project.
- This will be implemented on a site by site situation and is not rigid in design.
- The system will be able to equitably distribute water to each farming community plot ranging from 1ha to 10ha.
- It will be durable and uncomplicated to finance (under asset financing) and operate
- There will be a Small Holder Installation, agronomist who will be allocated to manage each individual farming asset.
- A small-scale farmers and SEED Cooperatives compromising of 60% women in each community (region) will be identified and taught agronomy so as to ensure that the essential skills are passed on to the farming community.
- The small-scale farmers will be entitled to discounts on farming inputs “Appropriate Technologies™” through set up Kiosks set by Kachi Agri Micro Finance in each region to ensure ease of availability and cost efficiency.
- Once installed the irrigation system must be easy to accommodate the expansion of the scheme at minimal cost.