Low-Tech Solutions Fight Hunger
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Interest: Agriculture
870 million people worldwide are chronically undernourished. Irrigating crops is a simple solution that can double the amount of food a farm produces. But as much as 80 percent of farmland worldwide is not irrigated. Tested machines and new innovations meet that need and others on the farm. From pumps powered by diesel or the sun, drip tubes, mobile apps for weather and market information, low-cost utility vehicles, shellers, driers and much more, innovative design is putting more food on the world’s tables.
Interest: Agriculture
Made in Guatemala: Clean Water and Nutrition Technology in C...
Guatemala is a Central American country with great opportunities to innovate. Despite immense natural resources such as rivers, lakes, and mountains, a great portion of the population lack access...
Hello Tractors Business-Saving Pivot from Hardware to Softwa...
The “smart” tractor company closed its manufacturing operation to focus on agricultural ICT. By September of 2016, an agricultural technology startup called Hello Tractor had built and sold 55...
From Charity to Enterprise: Reel Gardening’s Transformatio...
Editor’s note: This report is based on comments from the panel discussion “Overcoming Barriers to Scale: Lessons from Successful Businesses and Organizations” at USAID’s Global Innovation Week in Washington, DC....
Ten ICTs Connecting Farmers to the World
Internet and communications technologies have transformed farms in the world’s developing and underserved communities. In the past, digital tools for farmers often amounted to weather and market information updates...
From Baby Monitors to Fishing Fleets: Ten Upgrades with Remo...
The cost of electronic sensors and mobile technology has dropped low enough to network hardware and infrastructure even in the world’s poorest and most underserved communities. The result is...
A “solar hooter” protects southern Indian farms from ani...
A low-cost “solar hooter” may keep animal intruders at bay on southern Indian farms. The device flashes a light and emits loud sounds periodically to scare off nighttime invaders....
Featured Agriculture Solution
Ethiopia’s 8028 Hotline: Aiding farmers through text and interactive voice messages
Ethiopia’s new 8028 Hotline has handled a deluge of calls from farmers looking for agricultural information. The Ethiopia Agricultural Transformation Agency’s...
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Artificially intelligent traps alert farmers of insect invasions
A new bug trap in development applies artificial intelligence to the ages-old problem of pest control on farms. AgroPestAlert,...
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Bees vs. elephants: From Chad to South Africa, beehive fences deter African elephants from crops
African farmers have dug deep into their arsenals for tools to turn back elephants on midnight crop raids. Guns,...
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C-Innova Demonstrates How Partnerships Benefit Grassroots Movements in Colombia
Engineering for Change ahora publicara artículos en Español para nuestros seguidores en America Latina. Lea este reportaje aquí. Values at odds The...
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The New Digital and Mechanical Tools on African Farms
A wave of agricultural machines and digital applications for farmers is swelling in Sub-Saharan Africa. This innovation, spilling from...
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The versatile AgRover is like the Swiss Army knife of African farm trucks
A newly minted workshop in Lagos, Nigeria, is manufacturing some of the most versatile farm trucks on the planet....
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A solar thermal aerator prototype could improve aquaculture in developing countries
A low-cost solar fish pond aerator could boost yields in most of the world’s aquaculture operations. Most artificial ponds...
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Open source geospatial maps and cheap new tools improve farming in Africa
Aerial drones, crowds of folks gathering soil samples and new analysis techniques combine as pieces in digital maps that...
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As Costs Fall, Designers Take a New Look at Solar Irrigation
Ten years ago, off-grid solar power wasn’t even a blip on the radar. Thanks to significant advancements in solar...
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UNICEF Publishes a Guidance Note on Professional Water Well Drilling
Africa has witnessed a tremendous increase in drilled water wells, or boreholes, over the last 20 years. Groundwater provides...
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