Software for Soil: Computer Assisted Design can Check Erosio...
The soil is in trouble. About one-third of the world’s land is moderately to highly degraded, suffering from erosion,...
Engineering for Change
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
The Adoption of Technology Is Key to Reducing Losses in Mang...
Mango season closes this month on Kenya’s coast, seeing some mango harvesters continue to employ the traditional method of shaking trees until the fruit drops. Bruised and broken-skinned fruit...
The GFCC Report Envisions High-Tech Farms of the Future as a...
Articles about the future of food and farming have proliferated online for years, including on this site, and they may be even more accurate than suspected. Critics can dismiss...
Devices for More Eggs, Fish and Drinking Water Win iShow USA
Eggs, fish and drinking water captured the expert judges’ imaginations at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovation Showcase USA this year. Three devices that improve yields or purify water...
iShow Kenyas Demo Videos: Agritech Made in Africa
Agricultural technologies swept the competition in Kenya at the American Society of Mechanical Engineers Innovation Showcase in May. The winners are GrainMate, a grain moisture sensor by Sesi Technologies...
Solutions to Keep Food on the Table in a Changing Climate
The world’s food production is in jeopardy because the fertile layer of soil that people depend on to plant crops is being eroded by human activities. Climate change is likely to make it...
Black and Decker Introduces a Solar Irrigation Pump for Indi...
Solar-powered water pumps have officially entered the mainstream. Stanley Black & Decker, the multinational conglomerate widely known for its power tools, announced the introduction of a 5hp solar irrigation...
Ten Cold Chain Solutions, from Evaporation to Camelback
Off-grid cold-chain technologies keep the important things cold in places where electricity and infrastructure are in short supply. Natural...
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Designed: This Air Conditioner for Homes and Offices Uses No Electricity
Evaporative coolers have been known to purveyors of low-cost, sustainable technologies for years. Without the need for electricity, these...
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A Product Design Engineer Field Tests Essential Technologies in Rural India
Harsh Vyas foregoes the long flights that engineers in global development often take before they can test essential technologies in...
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Field Test: Corn Shellers Made a Successful Demo Tour in Rural India
Harsh Vyas is a graduate of Engineering for Change’s Research Fellowship program during which he researched products that meet...
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A New Way of Thinking About Collaboration During Participatory Design Projects
If you’ve seen an unused latrine in a village that practices open defecation, or a new cookstove on a...
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iShow India 2019 Awards Silk, Stoves and Stethoscopes
A stove for the Himalayas, a solar-powered silk reeler and an upgraded stethoscope won iShow India 2019. Designers of...
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The Circular Economy Can Solve Food and Water Problems in Rajasthan, Malawi and the World
I lived in the western Indian state of Rajasthan for most of 2006-07. To say that it quickly became...
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Building Material Matters and the Coconut Value Chain
“Kaukumbatie mnazi ukaupande, kazi uanze” (Embrace the coconut tree and climb it, start work) – mnazi Swahili proverb “The...
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How Urban Agriculture Improves Food Security in US Cities
During the partial federal shutdown in December 2018 and January 2019, news reports showed furloughed government workers standing in...
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Pakistani software programmer receives prestigious international award
Mobina Zafar, a Pakistani software programmer working in irrigation systems in her home country, has been named the Young...
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