EAGER ENTREPRENEURS
One-acre dollar-a-day farmers and their urban brothers and sisters are already hard-nosed, stubborn survivalist entrepreneurs ready to take
advantage of marketplace opportunities if the price is right, the return is high, and the risk is low. But a revolution in design is needed to create the range of new income-generating tools that will make this move possible.
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| A manufacturer of treadle pumps Credit: IDE |
A treadle pump produces vegetables in Bangladesh Credit: IDE |
Small-acreage farmer proudly shows his drip-irrigated cucumbers Credit: IDE |
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| A treadle pump irrigates a seedling nursery Credit: IDE |
Indian woman using treadle pump Credit: IDE |
Small-acreage farmers with their crops in Zambia Credit: IDE |
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| A drip-irrigation system in Zimbabwe Credit: IDE |
Treadling in comfort Credit: IDE |
Cambodian woman treadling Credit: IDE |