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Programs
Small technology big impact
IDEI has two main programmes that constitute marketing
of the two types of products: the
Treadle Pump
and
Affordable Drip Irrigation Technology
Intervention (ADITI). The two products
have been identified by the rural population as an innovation
that is affordable easy manageable ,superior yet close
to the traditional ones That is how the acceptance has
been smoother faster and widespread among the small
farmers . IDEI technologies being simple and easy to
operate yet functionally efficient have a huge potential
in meeting the farmers aspirations especially for the
ones having very little to invest other than their labour.
Looking at the demand from the poor farmers, products
were designed to meet the following criteria:
Affordability:
Low cost which was more important than top quality.
Rapid payback:
Cost of the system could be recovered in one cropping
season.
Flexibility:
the systems were tailor made to suit the requirements
of the farmer.
Simplicity:
simple technologies manageable and maintained by the
farmers themselves.
Consequently,
a notable achievement has been the development of a
range of Treadle pumps specific to the need in different
regions and low cost drip systems to cater to different
farm sizes. To the farmers, with affordability came
the shift from subsistence farming to higher value production
for the market, doubling their incomes and greatly enhancing
household food security. Demystifying the belief of
the farmers that drip systems are costly and meant only
for orchard farming , today these systems have been
adopted by small farmers to grow wide variety of vegetables
and cash crops.
IDEI's programs are :
Treadle
Pump Programme
Affordable
Drip Irrigation Technology Intervention
Business
Development Programme
Integrating
Poor in to Market Systems
Crop
Post Harvest Programme
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