Smallholder farmers irrigation in Africa by Grekkon Limited
Smallholder farmers irrigation in Africa is carried out in small plots of land. Small farm irrigation systems deliver water to commercial and subsistence crops. With climate change, weather patterns are unpredictable and more and more African farmers now irrigate to mitigate against this. Grekkon Limited is as an African irrigation firm is at the forefront of providing and training African smallholder farmers on modern irrigation echnology. In this article, we answer commonly asked questions about smallholder farmers irrigation in Africa
Smallholder farmers irrigation is the watering of crops on farms measuring a few acres. This is for both commercial and subsistence needs
The main method of irrigation for smallholder farmers in Africa is furrow irrigation.
It is manual watering of the crop through small parallel channels along the field length in the direction of the predominant slope. Water flows from the top end of the channel under gravity.
Grekkon Limited has introduced and is continuously training smallholder farmers on other types of irrigation systems for agriculture.
Drip irrigation is the best system because it conserves water, and is easy to use
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