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aQysta has a proven method to make the smallest farmers profitable and ecologically sustainable. aQysta's renewable irrigation solutions allow irrigation of up to 1 acre (4047 square meters) and enable the cultivation of otherwise uncultivable land with climate-resilient farming practices that ensure healthy soils.
We offer you the chance to revitalise a 20 square meter plot of land. Once the full acre has been supported, we will start the execution!
This project will increase small farmers' incomes and revitalise soils in North-East India with renewable irrigation technologies and climate-resilient farming practices. We enrol small farmers in our Farm Incubator and prepare them with knowledge, tools, and training to grow high-value crops (like garlic, ginger and watermelon) that increase their productivity, incomes and soil health. Our local agricultural experts provide training and support to farmers daily during the growing season to ensure a successful harvest. After harvest, we support farmers by selling their harvest to our market partners and sharing the profits in a transparent revenue-sharing model. The revitalised land will used again for the next growing season when another crop will be grown.
In 2021, we successfully piloted the Farm Incubator model in North-East India, where we plan to scale to more than 1.000 hectares in the next five years. To make this happen, we need you!
Around 40 million people are dependent on agriculture in North-East India, and 80% of its population are smallholder farmers. Many of these farmers remain critically poor and lack resources and knowledge to increase their agricultural productivity and profitability, which could allow them to escape their vicious circles of poverty. Most of these farmers have used unsustainable farming techniques for years, which has resulted in land degradation of more than 37% of the land in North-East India. At the same time, unpredictable weather patterns and climate change are a threat for small farmers, as increased floods and droughts are threatening their harvest and food security. These farmers need support to improve their livelihoods while farming in a way that increases the health and resilience of their soils.
We partner with small farmers to share knowledge, technology, risks, and benefits to support them in their struggles and make them thrive. Our Farm Incubator offers a total package of agricultural services that increase farmers' productivity and incomes up to 9 times and teach farmers how to revitalise soil while mitigating and adapting to the consequences of climate change. The services in our Farm Incubator include:
In India, aQysta is currently involved in projects with partners from GIZ and USAID. Our current stakeholders in the value chain in India for the Farm Incubator are:
aQysta was founded at the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands, in 2013 by three engineering students who developed renewable irrigation solutions based on hydro-power for smallholder farmers. The ideas behind aQysta come from Pratap Thapa, who comes from a farmer family in Nepal and got inspired to find solutions to improve farmers' livelihoods in his community. Since its origin, aQysta has grown into a global team of 47 people and has developed a 9-year track record of implementing international projects with small farmers. aQysta has also established permanent entities in Nepal, India and Malawi, where we work with local teams who know the farmers' communities and speak the local languages.
In India, aQysta entered the market as aQysta Irrigation India Pvt Ltd in November 2018. Here, aQysta recently launched its Farm Incubator to complement its renewable irrigation technologies with other agricultural services to small farmers and deepen its impact on farmers and their environment. The Farm Incubator has become aQysta's core business model, and aQysta will gradually scale this model to more than 3.000 hectares in the next five years in India, Nepal and Malawi.
aQysta has a proven method to make the smallest farmers profitable and ecologically sustainable. aQysta's renewable irrigation solutions allow irrigation of up to 1 acre (4047 square meters) and enable the cultivation of otherwise uncultivable land with climate-resilient farming practices that ensure healthy soils.
We offer you the chance to revitalise a 20 square meter plot of land. Once the full acre has been supported, we will start the execution!
Don't just take our word for it: listen to our farmers here
Detailed map and GPS location
Imagery of your item
This project will increase small farmers' incomes and revitalise soils in North-East India with renewable irrigation technologies and climate-resilient farming practices. We enrol small farmers in our Farm Incubator and prepare them with knowledge, tools, and training to grow high-value crops (like garlic, ginger and watermelon) that increase their productivity, incomes and soil health. Our local agricultural experts provide training and support to farmers daily during the growing season to ensure a successful harvest. After harvest, we support farmers by selling their harvest to our market partners and sharing the profits in a transparent revenue-sharing model. The revitalised land will used again for the next growing season when another crop will be grown.
In 2021, we successfully piloted the Farm Incubator model in North-East India, where we plan to scale to more than 1.000 hectares in the next five years. To make this happen, we need you!
Around 40 million people are dependent on agriculture in North-East India, and 80% of its population are smallholder farmers. Many of these farmers remain critically poor and lack resources and knowledge to increase their agricultural productivity and profitability, which could allow them to escape their vicious circles of poverty. Most of these farmers have used unsustainable farming techniques for years, which has resulted in land degradation of more than 37% of the land in North-East India. At the same time, unpredictable weather patterns and climate change are a threat for small farmers, as increased floods and droughts are threatening their harvest and food security. These farmers need support to improve their livelihoods while farming in a way that increases the health and resilience of their soils.
We partner with small farmers to share knowledge, technology, risks, and benefits to support them in their struggles and make them thrive. Our Farm Incubator offers a total package of agricultural services that increase farmers' productivity and incomes up to 9 times and teach farmers how to revitalise soil while mitigating and adapting to the consequences of climate change. The services in our Farm Incubator include:
In India, aQysta is currently involved in projects with partners from GIZ and USAID. Our current stakeholders in the value chain in India for the Farm Incubator are:
aQysta was founded at the Technical University of Delft, The Netherlands, in 2013 by three engineering students who developed renewable irrigation solutions based on hydro-power for smallholder farmers. The ideas behind aQysta come from Pratap Thapa, who comes from a farmer family in Nepal and got inspired to find solutions to improve farmers' livelihoods in his community. Since its origin, aQysta has grown into a global team of 47 people and has developed a 9-year track record of implementing international projects with small farmers. aQysta has also established permanent entities in Nepal, India and Malawi, where we work with local teams who know the farmers' communities and speak the local languages.
In India, aQysta entered the market as aQysta Irrigation India Pvt Ltd in November 2018. Here, aQysta recently launched its Farm Incubator to complement its renewable irrigation technologies with other agricultural services to small farmers and deepen its impact on farmers and their environment. The Farm Incubator has become aQysta's core business model, and aQysta will gradually scale this model to more than 3.000 hectares in the next five years in India, Nepal and Malawi.
