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From March 11th to 14th, Aquatech Amsterdam 2025 is held in the Rai. It is the world's largest fair for water. Through Partners for Water, Jacana and MetaMeta will demonstrate the portable solar pump and self-supply.com software in hall 12. aquatechtrade.com/amsterdam
How to convince new donors, by using live evidence of still growing impact from your past projects? Jacana has developed an App that facilitates the entire self-supply.com chain. This video (3 minutes) explains a bit more:
youtu.be/YH-iMg7Kpqw
Portable solar pumps for all of Zambia.
With the pump, farmers can still grow crops during the 6-month dry season and thus ensure that everyone in their area has food.
See: portablesolarpumps.com
Jacana is hiring assistant project manager with network in Zambian agro and/or NGO sector.
You will be managing the creation of a Zambian wide supply chain for portable solar pumps for small scale farmers.
Deadline 11 Nov 2024
See: jacana.help/news/vacancy-ass…
Making and using bokashi bio-fertilizer in just 12 days.
Healthy soil is healthy food. Bokashi is a 100% organic bio-fertilizer that can replace use of artificial fertilizer and increase your soil health over the long run.
youtu.be/iOnCQjoVIVc – at Lusaka, Zambia
This portable solar pump costs less than the profit on one small-scale harvest.
Carry it to your field, water your crops and store it safely in your house at night. Farm in dry season, water your crops during dry spells, provide food whole year round.
portablesolarpump.com – at Zambia
Portable solar pumps for small-scale farmers will make a difference in food security.
They cost less than $250. The average small-scale farmers can pay for it with the profit from one harvest. No need for complicated credit.
More: jacana.help/news/portable-so…
New year’s resolution: Increase your financial understanding make smart business decisions from now on.
Get the free Andoid app, no adverts, it works offline, help available, no need for internet after installation.
Download it a Google Play Store: play.google.com/store/apps/d…
Learn how we support small-scale African entrepreneurs:
jacana.help/how-we-work/
Training organic pest management and fertilizer production.
"These are the inorganic fertilizer alternatives we need as farmers”, says Jabyson Chongwe
Also you can benefit from this knowledge, just download the manuals from our web-site.
jacana.help/news/training-or…
Small-scale farmers learn from eachother. Exchange visits allow farmers to motivate and learn from each other, especially on topics like crop production and pest and insect control.
More at: jacana.help/news/small-scale…
A rope pump lifts water from 10 to 50 meters in one continues ergonomic rotating motion.
It is made from materials that can be found in almost all remote areas.
Maintenance is simple and extremely cost efficient
This tutorial explains how it is made. youtu.be/BO4vL7Sw0TE
It is a fact that access to water plays a key role in development.
Good news:
- Professional borehole siting is not costly.
- Jacana is ready to train people who want to go into borehole siting and production of the equipment.
Register for training here: jacana.help/news/register-no…
Also this year Eastern Manual Drilling won the first price at the provincial Agricultural show in Chipata Zambia.
Want to know more about them: emd-zambia.com
Congratulations from everybody within Jacana Business Empowerment
Make your own compost
There are many ways to make organic fertilizer, each with their pros and cons. Which is best for you?
- Berkely compost
- compost tea
- lab serum
- Bocashi compost
Free manuals at: jacana.help/news/make-your-o…
UN Water Conference sessions:
- “Supporting Self-supply” shares experiences on self-supply and how it helps to reach SDG 6, increase food security and reduce poverty
- “2 with 8”: Safe drinking water for 2 billion people
23 March 09:00 (EST).
Register forms.gle/rqv152QZzdCKxhyw9
Over the years, drillers have worked a lot with helpers, some having been helpers since 2017. To strengthen the teams and give the motivated and hardworking helpers a chance to grow, Jacana is hosting a driller training for enthusiastic helpers.
Read more: jacana.help/news/from-helper…
