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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 in the Sahel

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At the Hague conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change, Farming First held a side event ‘Best practices in agricultural value chains’, where spokespeople presented examples of initiatives that aim to increase resilience and productivity at different points in the value chain.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

ModerndripIrrigation

Netafim - Icrisat

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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

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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.

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DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

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DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

Fieldtraining

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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)

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DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

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DRIP IRRIGATION KITS FOR FAMILY FARMS IN THE SAHELGlobal Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

Strawberries

Pepper

DRIP

DRIP

Traditionel

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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.

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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.

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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

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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

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Global Conference on Agriculture, Food Security and Climate Change

Thank you