VERTICAL TRAY GREENHOUSE INSTALL IN NIGERIA

Debo BIC Farms RDI

Debo Onafowora of BIC Farms Concepts in Nigeria shares an extended live walkthrough of their greenhouse install, and then a view of it a week later…

Laying Responsive Drip Irrigation in an hydroponics trough system....

Posted by Debo Onafowora on Thursday, August 6, 2020

Growing vegetables in the city with Responsive drip irrigation hydroponics system...

Posted by Debo Onafowora on Wednesday, August 12, 2020

WT JENKINS – LANDSCAPE ROSE PROJECT

WT Jenkins Rose video

Tim Harper of WT Jenkins Inc. shares his experience of installing RDI GrowStream™ plant-responsive water delivery system in a landscape bed.
WT Jenkins has been providing landscape and irrigation services in Phoenix, AZ for nearly 50 years with extensive horticultural knowledge and experience with all previous forms of irrigation.
The first project put RDI’s system to a unique challenge: growing roses in a southwest facing bed… through the harsh summers of Phoenix.
To learn more about WT Jenkins, visit www.williamtjenkins.com

ROOT DEVELOPMENT FROM PORTUGAL

root development with growstream
Responsive Drip development root demand

The team at RDI IBERIA in Portugal installed GrowStream™ and planted lettuce (alongside a glass pane) to demonstrate the unique ways roots develop and interact with our plant-responsive system. 

Roots grow to, around, and along GrowStream™ as they dynamically take water and nutrients from the tubing- all without root intrusion.  No other irrigation system can deliver such precision: plant-by-plant, minute-by-minute. 

Both Portugal and Spain are rated at the highest levels of global water stress- RDI IBERIA is engaging all levels of agriculture, municipal, and government agencies to reduce water use with RDI GrowStream™.  Contact us for more information.

REPORT FROM HYDROPONICS AFRICA IN KENYA

Hydroponics Africa - melons
Hydroponics Africa - melons

Hydroponics Africa Limited in Kenya have published their results after using RDI GrowStream™ in multiple crops and several seasons. Peter Chege and his team have seen incredible results in water savings, yield increases, energy savings, and speed to plant maturity / harvest.  Read the report below or click here to download.

Click here to visit Hydroponics Africa and learn more about our work together to build sustainable food for Africa.

RDI AT THE KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP

RDI installed in Kakuma

RDI AT THE KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP

GROWSTREAM™ PRODUCES HIGH-QUALITY PRODUCE FOR RESIDENTS OF THE KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP.

In March of 2019, Peter Chege from Hydroponics Africa Limited became RDI’s East Africa distributor. Based in Nairobi, Kenya, Peter has been building hydroponic and vertical garden systems for over 8 years. Now with RDI’s plant-responsive system, Peter has seen tremendous results with over 50% reduction in water use. Tomato yield per plant rose from 9kg to 11kg with RDI. Peter was even able to cut labor in half due to the simplicity of GrowStream™.

Peter set up pilot projects in the Kakuma Refugee Camp located in northwestern Kenya. As one of the world’s largest refugee camps, Kakuma houses nearly 250,000 refugees and displaced persons. Support and aid flows from various agencies throughout the world to Kakuma in the form of food for the residents. Agriculture and local food production is virtually impossible due to the harsh climate and soil conditions.

Several crops were planted with RDI GrowStream™ including tomotoes and watermelon. They
were planted during a particularly hot and dry time- and the survival of the crop was doubtful. GrowStream™ performed perfectly, allowing the plants to take what they needed to grow, thrive, and produce- even in extremely challenging conditions. The pilot projects have seen incredible success and now have a way for Kakuma residents to begin growing nutritious produce locally.

Peter has now started pilot projects in Darfur refugee camps, home to another 100k+ refugees in Sudan.

BOK CHOY IN PAKISTAN

EAF staff with RDI bok choy

BOK CHOY IN PAKISTAN

GROWSTREAM™ SHOWS INCREDIBLE YIELD INCREASE OVER STANDARD DRIP

Pakistan is the 5th most populous country in the world with nearly 220 million citizens- and among the most extreme water scarce in the world. Its economy and people rely heavily on agriculture for both domestic food use and economic production.

Eva-Anna Farms, based in Islamabad, became the RDI distributor in Pakistan after GrowStream™ won the innovation award in Abu Dhabi. “With RDI, we can change the future of our people and our country,” said Muhammed Pervaiz, President of Eva-Anna Farms.

Eva-Anna Farms has since worked closely with the National Agricultural Research Center (NARC) in Pakistan to install and compare water use, yield, and energy consumption of RDI GrowStream™. The NARC is the largest research center in Pakistan, serving as the common platform for scientific study and adaptation of technologies throughout the agricultural sector.

Compared to standard drip systems, GrowStream™ is already showing amazing results after just 8 weeks: RDI tomatoes are notably healthier, with 81% of the plants flowering compared to just 23% for standard drip.

Bok Choy was recently harvested, with RDI showing an average plant weight of 755 grams per plant vs. 334 grams for standard drip. While this 126% increase in yield is incredible – RDI continues to see examples where performance far exceeds even the highest of expectations.

GrowStream’s™ ultra-low system pressure requirements and water-efficiency
also means that smallholder farmers throughout the country can dramatically reduce their energy costs by over 60%.