TEL: Technology Exchange Lab

This low cost pump-set is adapted for most small holder irrigation requirements with a two stroke engine, and low power/fuel consumption. The pump-set can be used on shallow wells or tube wells, on rivers and widely on a water surface Small scale irrigation, using small pump sets is becoming increasingly popular in West Africa. The...

In collaboration with Indian Society of Agribusiness Professionals (ISAP), an NGO based in New Delhi, the Telecommunications and Computing Networking Group ( TeNeT) are offering online consultancy to farmers through videomail using the software MV4 in the states of TamilNadu , Gujarat and Karnataka They are also offering online consultancy...

The Treadle Pump is a foot operated water lifting device for easy irrigation of small holder plots of land. A treadle pump can be used by all members of a farming family to irrigate crops. The user stands on two treadles, usually made of bamboo, and pedals them. This light exercise, similar to using a step machine, operates two metal...

Question Box is Open Mind's initiative that helps people find answers to everyday questions like health, agriculture, business, education and entertainment. It provides easy access to information in hard-to-reach areas and breaks through technology, language and literacy barriers. We do this through Live telephone hotlines connected...

PanAAC has initiated programs aimed at strengthening linkages between producers of technology agricultural training institutions and agribusiness in order to make agricultural graduates owners of business, employers and skilled and marketable professionals PanAAC offers a platform for reliable information on markets and value chains...

BioHaven® Floating Islands are a concentrated form of one of nature’s water purification systems. Made from a proprietary matrix of 100% recycled plastic, injected with inert polyurethane foam for buoyancy , they are designed to support vegetation above the waterline and beneficial microbial habitat below Both types of BioHaven...

Every year, in Africa alone, women spend about 4 billion hours shelling peanuts by hand . For many of the poorest families, peanuts are the only protein they can afford. For many they a crop of choice to take to market, but they have little value in the shell. And a sun-dried, unroasted peanut in the shell is much tougher than the...

Many rural farmers can no longer rely purely on subsistence farming. They need hard cash to buy enough food and to pay for school fees and healthcare. Yet most live on farms less than two acres in size Many thousands of entrepreneurial farmers are now irrigating with KickStart' s manual MoneyMaker irrigation pumps and changing their...

Biochar is the charcoal applied to the soil along with other amendments to enhance the fertility of the soils. Terra Preta is more than 5000 years practice in parts of Amazon basin until the Europeans arrived. Along with charcoal the rural trash consisting of pottery shards, fish bones, compost, etc. was added to the less fertile acidic...

A corn shelling machine which can attach to most bicycles on the rear wheel. Shelling action is performed by pedaling the bicycle. The machine can shell up to 15 90kg sacks of corn a day. The machine can be attached and removed from the bicycle easily and does not impede its normal function when attached allowing for easy transport. The...

One Acre Fund develops market systems for subsistence farmers in sub-Saharan Africa . With the Fund's services farmers are able to farm more productively, profit from their harvest and reinvest in their farm. As a result, the farmers have a more reliable food source and increase revenue which enables them to buy essential goods and...

Peer reviewed answers to problems in the interrelated areas of environment, health, poverty alleviation and development

Ram pumps use the water hammer effect from built up water pressure to lift a small percentage of a water source to an elevated position. While they do not require an outside power source, an abundant water source such as a stream or spring is necessary and the pump must be placed in an area of land set at a lower elevation than the...

From Fenugreen.com: FreshPaper is a simple piece of paper that keeps fruits & veggies fresh for 2-4 times longer, organically Made with edible organic ingredients, FreshPaper has a distinctive maple-like scent that signals that the paper is active FreshPaper works like refrigeration by inhibiting bacterial and fungal growth, as well...

From KickStart.org: The press extracts oil from sunflower, sesame, and other oil seeds. The filter produces clear, cold-pressed, nutritious cooking oil ready for sale or consumption. The seedcake by- product is valued as a high protein animal feed supplement Our MoneyMaker Block Press and MoneyMaker Oil Press are only available for...

Biochar is the charcoal applied to the soil along with other amendments to enhance the fertility of the soils. Terra Preta is more than 5000 years practice in parts of Amazon basin until the Europeans arrived. Along with charcoal the rural trash consisting of pottery shards, fish bones, compost, etc. was added to the less fertile acidic...

Esoko is a technology platform and consulting service that helps organizations profile people and manage the information flows between them . Esoko's focus is on agricultural value chains with the explicit goal of improving the transparency of markets and the operational efficiency of organizations. The founders believe mobile phones...