A better harvest

* The challenge of about 100 million small farmers in India live on less than $ 1 a day and 500 million are among the peasants. This represents more than 30% of the world's extreme poor. * Modern technologies have provided irrigation for farmers with large areas of four hectares or larger, the solution at no cost to small farmers. * India is a country poor in water, 16% of the world's population but less than 4% of global water resources. The proportion ofWater for agriculture is decreasing rapidly and small farmers are the first to be hit by water shortages. * The Innovation Based on more than 20 years of innovation, are the promoters of the product design GEWP by small farmers approached the center of the design process from the convenience from the start, and applicability. * KB Drip is a product of GEWP offered. low-cost drip irrigation saves water and money to obtain significant increasesCollected. * Sales GEWP strategy leverages the power of the market from existing manufacturers and a network of small local private dealers, their target customers in rural India to achieve. The effects * Recent studies have shown that the products GEWP increase the income of their small customers with an average of $ 400/year. This is done by saving water (30-50%), energy savings (50%) and crop yield increases (30-70%). * In 2003, Acumen Fund invests in GEWP parent...