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DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHEL
Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Best Practice in Agricultural Value Chains:Improving productivity, reliability, and minimizing risk to improve resilience to climate change.
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHEL
Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Climate change
increases
Water Scarcity
Climate change
increases
Water Scarcity
New technologiesdeveloped by the Irrigation industryensureEfficient Irrigation
New technologiesdeveloped by the Irrigation industryensureEfficient Irrigation
With efficient Irrigationapplied to family Farms , we get :
-better yield-less water consumption
With efficient Irrigationapplied to family Farms , we get :
-better yield-less water consumption
The challenge: More crop Per Water Drop
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHEL
Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
The challenge: More crop Per Water Drop
•Introduction of Modern Drip irrigation and agriculture methods to smallholders in the Sahel region
•Replacing the traditional agriculture by affordable system to produce more crop and more income from the same available land and water.
•Enabling introduction of new crops and markets to smallholders.
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Traditionnel irrigation
Flooding :
Excessive volume of waterLimited control of irrigation
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
ModerndripIrrigation
Netafim - Icrisat
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHEL
Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Installation & Operation manual
A typicalDrip irrigation kit
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHEL
Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
900 Kit-units were implemented 700 units of 80 m² 200 units of 500 m²
Allocation of 30 opinion leader farmers as pilot group.wide spread Allocation of all 900 systems in the regionIntroducing the systems to wide range of users, women groups, small home growers, and commercial farmers. Establishment of training and extension service center based on ICRISAT’s “African Market Garden” concept in Niger, ICRISAT’s demonstration farm and Drip irrigation manufacturer’s international experience.
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Fieldtraining
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Water source• Canal or ditches• River• Borehole• Wells
Means of reservoir filling• Buckets• Treadle pump• Motor pump
Reservoir • 200-liter drum• 4 m³ Concrete reservoir (The “Pasternak Tower” (Icrisat)
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Strawberries
Pepper
DRIP
DRIP
Traditionel
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Project participants results:
Issaka Dankoyo – Vegetable grower in Niamey district.
Planted Tomato in the hot season (late season) on 250 m².
The yield harvested was 2400 Kg (96 Ton/Ha), marketed at an average price of 600 CFA/Kg = 1,440,000 CFA income.
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Hadayo Sidiko – One of a 7-women-group, A vegetable grower from Andouanga village. Each woman cultivated 80m2 of land with various vegetable crops irrigated with Drip kits system.Though she did not weight the products, her estimate is that she harvested daily, over a 45 day period, 5kg of Tomatoes (= 28ton/ ha). The family and her neighbors consumed most of the yield and the rest was sold to the market with an income of 22,000 CFA.
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Crop Conventionalirrigation
Dripirrigation
Revenue Increase
Yield (Kg)
Revenue ($)
Yield (Kg)
Revenue ($)
% $
Tomatoes 2000 1215 7,200 6171 508 4956
Melons 2000 999 2950 1685 167 686
Egg Plants 3000 1392 8150 4657 335 3265
Lettuce 2000 928 7800 5013 540 4085
Cabbage 3000 1070 11200 4800 449 3730
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Acknowledgments:
The World Bank Development Marketplace Team ICRISAT – Sahel Prof. Pasternak. ANPIP Local NGOs NETAFIM Irrigation
Irrigation Industry:
EIA European Irrigation Association www.eia-assoc.eu
Main Manufacturers:
Netafim – Naan-Dan-Jain - John Deere Water T. - Irritrol – BJL
Farming First: www.farmingfirst.org
DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHEL
Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change
Thank you