We are a team of undergraduate students at the African Leadership University, who believe, farming is the main livelihood of the poor and a mainstay of many countries’ economies. When farming is productive, poverty is reduced. When farming is unproductive and is buffeted by environmental stresses, poverty is intensified. Many smallholder farmers rely on rain to irrigate their farms resulting in 2/3 of Africa’s agricultural land being unused. Therefore, improvements in the productivity of farms motivate us to work on our project, which constitutes one of the most important pathways to eradicate extreme poverty, including hunger in rural areas.
Volta Irrigation Project 