DAVOS, Switzerland:International Development
Enterprises (IDE), India MicroIrrigation:
Enabling Smallholder Prosperity, recieved a
grant of $27 million.
To develop affordable microirrigation
technologies for small farmers, create the
private sector supply chain to deliver the
technologies, promote and train farmers to
use microirrigation, and link farmers to
high-value crop markets. In partnership with
IDE-India, the project expects to reach
250,000 smallholder farmers with
microirrigation technologies in four years,
significantly increasing their net annual
income.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation today
announced a $306 million package of
agricultural development grants designed to
boost the yields and incomes of millions of
small farmers in Africa and other parts of
the developing world so they can lift
themselves and their families out of hunger
and poverty.
