Hi Everyone,
I was able to find out that the low cost drip irrigation kits are available in Kenya. Attached are the details.

Also, I received a response from Walude who lives outside of Kampala and is a neighbor on NABUUR. Here's his response:

Dear jennifer,

Good to hear from you.

You could check with the following contacts:
(i) Irrigation Boys, located behind Makerere Univeristy on the Bwaise-Kikoni stretch
(ii) Magric Uganda located on Kitgum House, Jinja Road, Kampala.
(iii) Davis and Shirtliff also located on Kitgum House, Jinja Road, Kampala.

Can look these up on the website to establish contacts

Regards

Walude

Prices_for_Drip.pdf

Dear Jennifer,

What a timely piece of information! We are just in the process of preparing material and cost list for our nutrition and school garden project. I'll pass the file on. Thanks.

best regards,

Lia

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lilalia

--pls madam look in to my profile of miss Grace and see if you could be of help to us thanks
all is well with christ

has any research been done on cost of seeds or donated seeds...bast sources of donations ....unisef ? oxfram ?....best closer to uganda then usa .areas of world to contact....in us we have seeds 4 change...maybe others

Thanks very much for your mail , No research has been done and no given to us as a free donation . so we and our local community will be very happy to have such support from you .thanks and hope to hear from you
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all is well with christ

Hello sister jenifer, its being a long time without a word from you , are you still a part of the team , i will like to know because there are so many programmes online that i will like us to handle and talk about, espcaially our local communities groups and their basic necerssities
Thanks and hope to read from u soon
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all is well with christ

Lia
I know this is years late!! but I have bought them from gharainwater.org - Susan w. Kung'u
for a very reasonable price - you must have them shipped to a non profit to avoid a huge tax if they cross a border

Ginger

Buy tubing and make driplines.

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Bucket Drip Irrigation

The bucket must be suspended at least l meter above the ground. A tube is connected to the dripline and the other end is placed in the bucket to siphon the water out. Assuming the bucket is 20 liters, fill it twice for each row of vegetables. The dripline can be moved to another row for irrigating. Each row of vegetables is irrigated every other day. Plant a row of vegetables on each side of the dripline and use 40 liters of water.

Bucket Kits
The key to the simple drip irrigation system that we use is the gravity fed "bucket kit". The bucket kit consists of four 8m lines [or two of 50 ft or one of 100’] of drip tape connected to a bucket suspended 1m above the vegetable bed. Water is poured into the bucket and is evenly distributed to 100 watering points. By filling the bucket twice a day, a small kitchen garden can be watered. Studies in Kenya have shown that two of these kits can provide the water needed to produce enough vegetables to feed a family of seven during the dry season. These bucket kits are available in most countries (US$25), save water, save labor, and are easy to use. Go to Chapinlivingwaters.org.

Using sleeves
Farmers in Honduras invented a VERY cheap drip irrigation system. They buy the regular black poly hose. Then they punch holes in it where they want them with a nail or ice pick. A hot nail is best. Then take short sections [5 inches] of the same hose, cut it lengthwise to form a sleeve, and place a sleeve over each hole. This sleeve applies pressure to the hole, only letting a little water out, like a drip. This technology is quite cheap, VERY simple to do. Maintenance is also simple, because if a hole plugs up, you can often unplug it merely by taking the sleeve off and then replacing it.

Using screws
Farmers in Nicaragua are using cheap round tubing and wood screws. I tried it with great success. The screw is inserted completely into the tubing, every 12 inches, so that it protrudes through the opposite side. It is then backed off to allow water to drip through that side. The flow is set by screwing it in or out as needed. This even allows for variations in pressure due to terrain.

Pin holes for drip
I am wondering if a dripline could be made by using a hot pin or very small hot nail, etc. to punch holes in the poly tubing. I mean really tiny holes every 12 inches.

Buy enough hose to connect the drip line to the top of the bucket to siphon out the water. It takes about 1-2 hours for the bucket to empty. The dripline can be moved to another row of vegetables or plant a row of vegetables on each side of the dripline. Use more water. If one is willing to carry the water, one line will irrigate several rows during the day.

Plant green manure/cover crops to cut and leave on top of the soil to improve the soil. This is a MUST. Also, can be intercropped with the food crop.

Organic, no-till gardening/mini-farming, in permanent beds, using hand tools [& hand power tools], takes very little funds, increases yields, reduces labor up to 75%, reduces inputs/expenses to nearly 0 [seed only], increases fertility, stops soil erosion [no rain water run off], eliminates most weed, disease and insect problems and greatly increases profits if marketing. Drip irrigation or DIY bucket drip irrigation as needed.

Ken Hargesheimer
minifarms@gmail.com

Hello Virginia,

thanks for the infos. Could you please give me the contact details of Susan Kungu then I can contact her regarding the kits?

Thanks alot.
Njoki