A Futurepump SF2 solar pump with mist irrigation pumping from a shallow well in Burkina Faso.
Agriculture in Burkina Faso is undergoing a rapid and dramatic transformation!
Burkina Faso is a relatively flat, landlocked country in sub-Saharan West Africa. It’s climate is primarily tropical, with a rainy season of roughly four months leading to approximately 80 cm of rain per year, and a dry season when the harmattan blows (a hot, dry wind from the Sahara).
Within West Africa, Burkina Faso is second only to Nigeria in terms of the proportion of the land area covered by crops. Between 1975 and the present day the dominant landscape has changed from savannah (52% in 1975, down to 31% in 2013) to agriculture (15% in 1975, up to 39% in 2013).
By utilising solar water pumps for irrigation to increase production per hectare, these farmers are freeing themselves from the ongoing cost of petrol, reducing the pollution resulting from their farming, and decreasing their reliance on increasingly unpredictable rain for irrigation.
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We thank Yandalux in Burkina Faso for sharing this video with us!
