NETAFIM helps small farmers set up its dripping irrigation technology

Netafim first developed a specific solution for small farmers in developing countries, the Family Drip System, which is a dripping irrigation system based on gravity. It eliminates the need of dripping with buckets and reduces the required workforce while saving water.

Netafim’s practice involves various stages:

First, it identifies farmers that can benefit from the technology then it establishes a trusting relationship with farmers to use the Family Drip System, helping them to finance their loans through partnerships with banks or NGOs (NB: a system costs from $500 to $1,000).
Finally, Netafim offer them a training, a reinforcement of capacities and a transfer of knowledge in collaboration with local organizations.

The main goal is to help farmers from developing countries maximizing their output with their existing resources.

Netafim is able to set up this action thanks to its staff, its fertilizer, its raw materials and its partnership with financial institutions and local organizations.

Netafim also faces difficulties such as access to financial resources and farmer resistance to accept this new technology which changes their way of working. Also, the use of the Family Drip System depends of soil type.

Best Practices spotted in 2014 by the World Forum for a Responsible Economy.