Ethiopia Futurepump

Ethiopia’s Bold Step Towards Sustainability: Banning Petrol & Diesel Water Pumps in Favour of Renewable Alternatives

POSTED ON December 12th, 2023 Helen Yapp

Earlier this year, the Ministry of Irrigation and Lowlands in Ethiopia announced that it will be ending imports of fossil fuel powered water pumps. Instead there will be a focus on green energy options, including solar. This ban on fossil fuel powered water pumps has the potential to cause a seismic shift in the sustainability […]

Solar Development PLC with a solar pump in Ethiopia

Meet the distributor: Solar Development PLC, Ethiopia

POSTED ON June 20th, 2019 Helen Mallett

A solar water pump for irrigating a farm is the cheapest and easiest way to increase crop yield and profits. […]

A Futurepump solar pump in Ethiopia

Ethiopia’s battle for control over its genetic resources

POSTED ON June 13th, 2019 Helen Mallett

Thought to be where one of the world’s oldest grains was domesticated, between 3000 and 6000 years ago, Ethiopia has a long farming tradition […]