Identifying Opportunities for Irrigation Systems to Meet the Specific Needs of Farmers in East Africa

Identifying Opportunities for Irrigation Systems to Meet the Specific Needs of Farmers in East Africa

East Africa (EA), a region facing food shortages, has very little irrigation adoption compared to the rest of the world. Increasing irrigation has been shown to increase food cultivation, so governments and private organizations have been attempting to introduce irrigation products into the EA marke...

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Main Authors:	Van de Zande, Georgia D., Amrose, Susan, Donlon, Elliott, Shamshery, Pulkit, Winter V, Amos G.
Other Authors:	Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering
Format:	Article
Published:	Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2024
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/153295

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