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They're harnessing the sun's power to run environmentally friendly irrigation systems that keep their plants watered at all times of the...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eLEAD IN: A group of African farmers is embracing solar energy to help them produce better crops. They're harnessing the sun's power to run environmentally friendly irrigation systems that keep their plants watered at all times of the year. STORY-LINE: The scorching African sun has often hampered farmers here. Now many are harnessing that power to help them irrigate their fields. Kenyan John Mutugi is one farmer who's installed solar panels in his field to power a drip feed irrigation system and also improve his yields at minimal cost. For many small scale farmers in rain-scarce Kenya, drip irrigation can mean the difference between living on the breadline and being able to grow an agricultural business. Initially, Mutugi relied on diesel powered water pumps to draw water from the river to irrigate using a hose pipe which proved to be expensive and unreliable during dry seasons. After adapting the highly effective drip system, he now exports baby carrots to Europe from January to December.\"I used to have problems with water but now I have none. Then, I used to use a water pump and during a dry spell I never got a good harvest nor export. But now I'm exporting from January to December from the time I got the solar system installed.\"says Mutugi.It's a sentiment echoed by Peter Mathenge, who farms on the outskirts of the capital. Mathenge used to spend over 300 US dollars on diesel every month and employed 3 staff to water his field, but with the new technology his production costs have reduced by 30 percent. \"For me solar irrigation kit is very important. Without it we spend 300 dollars every month, actually more than 300 dollars every month, to buy diesel and with AgroSolar Irrigation Kit we use the sun, for making good use of the sun. Besides we no longer needed to employ three staff to do the watering all the time, you reduce that to one, which brings to about thirty percent reduction in the cost of labour.\"he explains. Many farmers in Kenya irrigate their farms by flooding the land from nearby rivers, dams, wells or boreholes which can erode and deplete the soil of it's much needed nutrients. Harvesting bullet chillis for export, Mathenge is quick to note the benefits of embracing new technology. He now harvests 160 killograms of bullet chillis a week -  almost double what he used to harvest without the solar irrigation system.If Africa is to break through, if we are to ever breakthrough as farmers, we have got to start embracing technology and that's what we've done. Without technology this piece of land, this small piece of land here, you could harvest something like 90kg per week. But after embracing technology we are harvesting on average 160kgs of bullet chillies in an eighth of an acre. And when you look at the garlic that we have just harvested in one acre without technology, without the drip irrigations and other related technologies, you'll only harvest 4,000kg maximum after four months but with the technology you can go up to 10,000 (kgs) which is times 2.5.\" adds Mathenge.Samir Ibrahim and his business partner developed the system to address Kenya's irrigation inadequacy.Their company SunCulture created the \"AgroSolar Irrigation Kit\" - a solar powered drip irrigation system. The kit uses solar power to pull water from any source including lakes, rivers, wells or boreholes.This system combines the cost effectiveness of solar powered water pumping and drip irrigation.It pumps water to an elevated water tank using the power of the sun and then uses gravity to deliver water through drip irrigation directly to crop roots.\"Food security in this continent is very sad. Almost one in four Africans are undernourished yet Africa has 50 percent of the world's uncultivated arable land. And one of the biggest things we've seen is that small holder farmers in Africa don't have access to the knowledge, capital or technologies that would help them improve their yields. When we got to Kenya we looked around and a lot of farmers were just relying on rain to grow food, and we asked them why they were not irrigating and most farmers said they weren't irrigating because the recurring cost associated with irrigating was so high. So we created the AgroSolar Irrigation Kits. It combines the cost effectiveness of solar powered water pumping with the efficiency of drip irrigation. So it pumps water to an elevated tank using the power of the sun and then uses gravity to release water through drip irrigation, delivering water directly to crop roots, increasing yields up to 300 percent and saving water by up to 80 percent.\" says Ibrahim. Mutugi says the irrigation system technology has allowed him to change his farming practices and increase his yields in a sustainable way. Ibrahim wants more farmers to have access to this technology and says it will change the future of farming. \"African farm land is producing up to 50 percent less the world averages. We need to adapt technologies that work for African farmers. We need to give African farmers solutions that enable them to increase yields and if we do that Africa can feed itself and the rest of the world,\" Ibrahim adds. The SunCulture kits range from 400 USD to 2,500 USD, although Ibrahim claims the farmer will recoup those costs over several harvests by making savings on labour, maintenance and fuel costs.LEAD IN: A group of African farmers is embracing solar energy to help them produce better crops. They're harnessing the sun's power to run environmentally friendly irrigation systems that keep their plants watered at all times of the year. STORY-LINE: The scorching African sun has often hampered farmers here. Now many are harnessing that power to help them irrigate their fields. Kenyan John Mutugi is one farmer who's installed solar panels in his field to power a drip feed irrigation system and also improve his yields at minimal cost. For many small scale farmers in rain-scarce Kenya, drip irrigation can mean the difference between living on the breadline and being able to grow an agricultural business. Initially, Mutugi relied on diesel powered water pumps to draw water from the river to irrigate using a hose pipe which proved to be expensive and unreliable during dry seasons. After adapting the highly effective drip system, he now exports baby carrots to Europe from January to December.\"I used to have problems with water but now I have none. Then, I used to use a water pump and during a dry spell I never got a good harvest nor export. But now I'm exporting from January to December from the time I got the solar system installed.\"says Mutugi.It's a sentiment echoed by Peter Mathenge, who farms on the outskirts of the capital. Mathenge used to spend over 300 US dollars on diesel every month and employed 3 staff to water his field, but with the new technology his production costs have reduced by 30 percent. \"For me solar irrigation kit is very important. Without it we spend 300 dollars every month, actually more than 300 dollars every month, to buy diesel and with AgroSolar Irrigation Kit we use the sun, for making good use of the sun. Besides we no longer needed to employ three staff to do the watering all the time, you reduce that to one, which brings to about thirty percent reduction in the cost of labour.\"he explains. Many farmers in Kenya irrigate their farms by flooding the land from nearby rivers, dams, wells or boreholes which can erode and deplete the soil of it's much needed nutrients. Harvesting bullet chillis for export, Mathenge is quick to note the benefits of embracing new technology. He now harvests 160 killograms of bullet chillis a week -  almost double what he used to harvest without the solar irrigation system.If Africa is to break through, if we are to ever breakthrough as farmers, we have got to start embracing technology and that's what we've done. Without technology this piece of land, this small piece of land here, you could harvest something like 90kg per week. But after embracing technology we are harvesting on average 160kgs of bullet chillies in an eighth of an acre. And when you look at the garlic that we have just harvested in one acre without technology, without the drip irrigations and other related technologies, you'll only harvest 4,000kg maximum after four months but with the technology you can go up to 10,000 (kgs) which is times 2.5.\" adds Mathenge.Samir Ibrahim and his business partner developed the system to address Kenya's irrigation inadequacy.Their company SunCulture created the \"AgroSolar Irrigation Kit\" - a solar powered drip irrigation system. The kit uses solar power to pull water from any source including lakes, rivers, wells or boreholes.This system combines the cost effectiveness of solar powered water pumping and drip irrigation.It pumps water to an elevated water tank using the power of the sun and then uses gravity to deliver water through drip irrigation directly to crop roots.\"Food security in this continent is very sad. Almost one in four Africans are undernourished yet Africa has 50 percent of the world's uncultivated arable land. And one of the biggest things we've seen is that small holder farmers in Africa don't have access to the knowledge, capital or technologies that would help them improve their yields. When we got to Kenya we looked around and a lot of farmers were just relying on rain to grow food, and we asked them why they were not irrigating and most farmers said they weren't irrigating because the recurring cost associated with irrigating was so high. So we created the AgroSolar Irrigation Kits. It combines the cost effectiveness of solar powered water pumping with the efficiency of drip irrigation. So it pumps water to an elevated tank using the power of the sun and then uses gravity to release water through drip irrigation, delivering water directly to crop roots, increasing yields up to 300 percent and saving water by up to 80 percent.\" says Ibrahim. Mutugi says the irrigation system technology has allowed him to change his farming practices and increase his yields in a sustainable way. Ibrahim wants more farmers to have access to this technology and says it will change the future of farming. \"African farm land is producing up to 50 percent less the world averages. We need to adapt technologies that work for African farmers. We need to give African farmers solutions that enable them to increase yields and if we do that Africa can feed itself and the rest of the world,\" Ibrahim adds. The SunCulture kits range from 400 USD to 2,500 USD, although Ibrahim claims the farmer will recoup those costs over several harvests by making savings on labour, maintenance and fuel costs.Kinangop, Central Kenya - 19 April 2016 1. Various of the sun and John Mutugi setting up his solar system on his farm2. Various of John Mutugi's farm and irrigation system3. SOUNDBITE (Kiswahili) John Mutugi, horticultural farmer:\"I used to have problems with water but now I have none. Then, I used to use a water pump and during a dry spell I never got a good harvest nor export. But now I'm exporting from January to December from the time I got the solar system installed.\"Ruai, Nairobi, Kenya - 15 April 2016 4. Various of Peter Mathenge's farm with water melons.  5. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Mathenge, Horticultural farmer: \"For me solar irrigation kit is very important. Without it we spend 300 dollars every month, actually more than 300 dollars every month, to buy diesel and with AgroSolar Irrigation Kit we use the sun, for making good use of the sun. Besides we no longer needed to employ three staff to do the watering all the time, you reduce that to one, which brings to about thirty percent reduction in the cost of labour.\"6. Various of Mathenge harvesting chili peppers7. SOUNDBITE (English) Peter Mathenge, Horticultural farmer:\"If Africa is to break through, if we are to ever breakthrough as farmers, we have got to start embracing technology and that's what we've done. Without technology this piece of land, this small piece of land here, you could harvest something like 90kg per week. But after embracing technology we are harvesting on average 160kgs of bullet chillies in an eighth of an acre. And when you look at the garlic that we have just harvested in one acre without technology, without the drip irrigations and other related technologies, you'll only harvest 4,000kg maximum after four months but with the technology you can go up to 10,000 (kgs) which is times 2.5.\"8. Various of Samir Ibrahim the co-founder Sun-culture with Mathenge. 9. SOUNDBITE (English) Samir Ibrahim, CEO and Co-Founder Sunculture based in Kenya:\"Food security in this continent is very sad. Almost one in four Africans are undernourished yet Africa has 50 percent of the world's uncultivated arable land. And one of the biggest things we've seen is that small holder farmers in Africa don't have access to the knowledge, capital or technologies that would help them improve their yields. When we got to Kenya we looked around and a lot of farmers were just relying on rain to grow food, and we asked them why they were not irrigating and most farmers said they weren't irrigating because the recurring cost associated with irrigating was so high. So we created the AgroSolar Irrigation Kits. It combines the cost effectiveness of solar powered water pumping with the efficiency of drip irrigation. So it pumps water to an elevated tank using the power of the sun and then uses gravity to release water through drip irrigation, delivering water directly to crop roots, increasing yields up to 300 percent and saving water by up to 80 percent.\"10. Wide pull focus, pan right of the farmKinangop, Central Kenya - 19 April 2016 11. Various of John Mutugi's farm in KinangopRuai, Nairobi, Kenya - 15 April 2016 12. SOUNDBITE (English) Samir Ibrahim,CEO and Co-Founder Sunculture based in Kenya:\"African farm land is producing up to 50 percent less the world averages. We need to adapt technologies that work for African farmers. We need to give African farmers solutions that enable them to increase yields and if we do that Africa can feed itself and the rest of the worldKinangop, Central Kenya - 19 April 2016 13. 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