If you are a philanthropist or an impact investor, we would love to hear from you.
We believe that the world’s most vulnerable farmers should have access to new technology, so they can grow more food with less water.
Published research has shown what happens when farmers can see what their soil is doing.
Farmers using VIA equipment halved their water use.
Mdemu et al. (2020)
Farmers doubled what they harvested.
Chilundo et al. (2020)
Farmers trebled their gross margins.
Chikankheni et al. (2024)
Four times the food grown per unit of water consumed.
Moyo et al. (2020)
It took decades for the world to agree on targets to reduce CO2 emissions into the atmosphere. Like the atmosphere, water is a resource we need to protect. It is a massive task to measure water in agriculture so it can be shared equitably to grow more food.
Following their experience with the VIA, the government of Malawi has already set a target for a quarter of their irrigated land to be monitored in the next five years. This campaign is the start of putting that policy into action.
of the world’s cultivated farmland is irrigated
of the value of everything agriculture produces comes off it
of farmers have no way of knowing when their crops really need water, and so cannot make best use of a very scarce resource
After 20 years of research, VIA is filling one of the most glaring gaps in smallholder irrigation management. The results are in.
Research is not enough. As we transition from research to scaling for impact, we need help from those who share our vision to change the lives of smallholder farmers.
sensors built in Africa. It took us ten years.
We need to increase production ten-fold. That is what your partnership buys.
If that’s you, please pick whichever fits.
For philanthropists, foundations and impact investors. We will show you the numbers behind everything on this page and what a partnership could look like.
Straight into getting Chameleons into the hands of farmers who cannot buy them.
A$99. They get a summer of knowing instead of guessing, and a Malawian farmer gets a kit.
The Malawi campaign is just one focus, where we have staff on the ground and the backing of local authorities. But we have many other opportunities, across Africa, India and Vietnam.
