Following a successful pilot venture, InfraCo Africa, part of the Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG), has signed a Shareholders’ Agreement and a Loan Agreement with Bonergie Irrigation SAS (Bonergie Irrigation) to continue supporting the scale up of the challenge.
Under the new agreements, InfraCo Africa will hold a large minority shareholding in Bonergie Irrigation, committing an extra US$2.4 million to considerably scale up farmers’ access to high quality irrigation solutions in Senegal.
It has long been recognised that reliance upon rain-fed agriculture exposes Senegal’s farmers to the effects of local weather change on temperature and rainfall patterns.i In 2019, InfraCo Africa joined with solar tools specialist Bonergie Senegal to establish Bonergie Irrigation, a local Special Purpose Vehicle, to pilot the implementation of over 100 top quality Solar Powered Irrigation Systems (SPIS).
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InfraCo Africa’s CEO, Gilles Vaes, said of today’s announcement: “We are excited to continue working with our partners at Bonergie Irrigation to substantially scale up our providing to farmers in Senegal. Access to solar-powered irrigation options will replace current diesel pumps, offering farmers with a extra sustainable solution to addressing the linked challenges of local weather change and meals safety.”
The agreements signed at present will see the commissioning, sale, set up and upkeep of at least 2,000 additional pumps over the subsequent three years. In pressure gauge 0 10 bar ราคา to suggestions from the pilot, the project may also roll out over 500 drip irrigation systems (DIS) that are designed to optimise efficiency of irrigation whilst also defending groundwater sources from over-abstraction. The techniques are obtainable in a range of sizes to go properly with each farmer’s needs with rent buy financing out there to unfold the price, making the systems extra reasonably priced.
“Bonergie Irrigation SAS could be very proud that InfraCo Africa has determined to develop an in depth partnership with us as a shareholder”, says Gabriele Schwarz, CEO of Bonergie Irrigation SAS. “Their super expertise will assist us to produce a minimum of 2000 pumps and 500 drip irrigation methods to rural farmers in a sustainable way. The nexus of Water-Energy-Food is doubtless certainly one of the main matters for the approaching years and Bonergie Irrigation SAS and InfraCo Africa are in a perfect place to develop this market in Senegal.” It is anticipated that Phase II of the Bonergie Irrigation challenge might be co
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