farm water project

This is no way to farm

The land around the school was mostly shrub land, parts of it were farmed but it was not taken seriously

In developing the this land into the farm we wanted to achieve 4 things

1. Develop the farm into a school income generation scheme so that it could produce cash crops
2. Develop the farm into a source of fruit for the students to help them improve their diet
3. Develop the farm as an educational tool for the students, so that those students who failed to get to secondary school had at least learnt different farming techniques
4. Develop the farm as a model for the community to come and learn about new ways of using the land so that they can improve their farms and thus increase their own output and move from being subsistence farmers to being subsistence plus farmers. (poverty alleviation at the grassroots level)

We have added manure to the land to improve it's fertility

We have tested a variety of crops to see what suits the soil and the climate

BUT

we are totally reliant on the irregular rainfall patterns and this means that we have zero resilience, crops planted too early die, crops planted too late are washed away before their roots can take told of the soil.

The solution is to dig a bore hole and be able to control our irrigation.

The cost for the drilling is approximately £10,000 and this excludes the actual pump, which can only be determined once the hole is drilled. For a breakdown of these costs please click  HERE