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...
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
Ethiopias 8028 Hotline: Aiding farmers through text and inte...
Ethiopia’s new 8028 Hotline has handled a deluge of calls from farmers looking for agricultural information. The Ethiopia Agricultural Transformation Agency’s hotline launched in 2014 as a text (SMS) and interactive...
Artificially intelligent traps alert farmers of insect invas...
A new bug trap in development applies artificial intelligence to the ages-old problem of pest control on farms. AgroPestAlert, a Spanish startup with roots in Chile and Venezuela, is...
Bees vs. elephants: From Chad to South Africa, beehive fence...
African farmers have dug deep into their arsenals for tools to turn back elephants on midnight crop raids. Guns, firecrackers, spears, rocks and dogs join the fight. The farmers...
C-Innova Demonstrates How Partnerships Benefit Grassroots Mo...
Engineering for Change ahora publicara artículos en Español para nuestros seguidores en America Latina. Lea este reportaje aquí. Values at odds The literature on grassroots innovation is increasingly focusing on how to...
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 the continent’s universities and start-ups, has the potential to improve...
The versatile AgRover is like the Swiss Army knife of Africa...
A newly minted workshop in Lagos, Nigeria, is manufacturing some of the most versatile farm trucks on the planet. AgRover is a three-wheeled vehicle built to solve a long...
Featured Agriculture Solution
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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An Overdue Remodel of India’s Artisanal Fishing Industry
In 2004, the earthquake in the Indian Ocean and the tsunami it triggered splintered fishing villages along the coasts of...
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Field Report: The Redesign of a Modular Greenhouse in Mozambique
I arrived in Mozambique with my orders laid out, create proper data collection systems, interface potential customers, and work...
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Case study: How an offline CRM helps a biogas business expand in Latin America
Sistema Biobolsa began its operations developing and selling biogas systems in Latin America using organizational tools like spreadsheet software...
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10 mThings Changing Lives in Developing Countries
Mobile applications are transforming the livelihoods of millions of people around the world, including in low-income settings and rural...
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A New WASH Working Group Targets an Overlooked Hazard: Chemical Toxins in Drinking Water
In a departure from the WASH community’s traditional focus on microbial contamination in drinking water, the new WASH-Toxics Working Group takes aim at...
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The best of Siemens Stiftung EPA: A wearable hypothermia monitor, trash-funded healthcare and an irrigation pump
A wearable thermometer for newborns, a medical insurance scheme for trash collectors, a hydro-powered water pump and a stove...
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