International Development Enterprises India (IDEI) manufactures and distributes a variety of foot-operated, water-lifting devices that can irrigate small plots of land in regions that have high water tables.
Much of India experiences extreme variation in rainfall, with heavy rains during the monsoon season and drought-like conditions during other months. Farmers cannot afford expensive conventional irrigation technologies and are restricted to rain-fed farming, resulting in poor food and income security.
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Costing between $12 and $40, IDEI’s Treadle Pump is simple in design and easily manageable. The pump has enabled more than 800,000 farmers to shift from rain-dependent cultivation to year-round cultivation of high-value crops. Their additional net annual income, averaging $400, is then spent on housing and education.
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