Yesterday i featured on 🇿🇼ZTV ecosolutions, talking about Greenhouse farming as a climate resilient initiative to improve crop yields and global food security. We toured one of our projects in Domboshava and the farmer's journey was inspiring. Major highlights:
Consider an Intelligent Controller on your borehole setup:
Why 🤔? :
✅ Protection from Dry Run, ✅Pump stall, ✅Pump overload, ✅Over & Under Voltages. Get 1 installed for you on your existing set-up & protect your pump.
🔧pa weekend i was repairing a borehole pump. Client previously had many pump motor failures: its always advised to get PUMP SIZING correct✅, if pump motor is always overloaded it will not last❌. On long elevated distances, always get a professional to Size your Pump & Pipes
Young people, please learn bricklaying, plumbing, carpentry, electrical work, roofing, and drywall/painting🛠️🧰 mechanics. Any tradies work, learn it, get certified and you will thank yourself later.
There is so much money to be made in these fields even outside Zimbabwe!
Farmers Ask: should i go for Pump fed (pressurised) or Gravity fed DRIP IRRIGATION SYSTEM?
Please note: Drip Irrigation operates within a pressure range of 0.3-1 bars (aprox). A pump can easily meet that pressure, but a raised tank needs to be at least at 3m height.
Water source yields:
If yields are good& the water source pump is of the correct size, you can irrigate DIRECT frm source to Drip system without any Reservoir. setup needs to be rightly designed and sized for efficient water distribution in the fields.