The KickStart pump can irrigate up to 2 acres with a simple foot-pedal system. The pump, which requires two people to operate, can draw water up from 23 feet and has a total pumping head of 46 feet. It costs around $112.
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Rose Makunda, of Kiluvya, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, stands in one of her gardens, where she grows mchicha (amaranth), kale, and pumpkin leaf. During the dry season, she uses a the KickStart pump to irrigate her field. She said a diesel pump is too expensive.
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Patrick J. Masele uses the hip pump to fill an elevated tank with water for domestic use in Kitunda-Kivule, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Many of the pumps are used for domestic purposes, when there is no electricity to operate a motorized pump.
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KickStart heavily markets its pumps in places where farmers buy seeds, fertilizers, pesticides and farm equipment such as the Dar es Salaam’s Kariakoo Market.
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Mama Songa shows off her “Dealer of the Year” award in Kariakoo Market where she sold 300 KickStart pumps.
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Pumps on display at Kariakoo Market in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Kariakoo is one of Tanzania’s busiest agri-product markets, and it has three KickStart dealers.
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Rose Makunda tends to her mchicha garden, which she irrigates with the help of a KickStart pump. The land was donated by a local school, and Makunda now earns around $1,330 a year from farming.
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Pantaleo Anney of Kiluvya, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, holds up an article titled “From Carrying Gravel to Owning A Garden”, in Nipashe, a local newspaper. The article chronicles his personal story of using a KickStart pump to become a successful farmer.
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