To make the lives of Mlooka farming community better, with funding from the International Fund for Agriculture Development (IFAD) through the Program for Rural Irrigation Development (PRIDE) The Malawi Government through the department of Irrigation is building the resilience of the farmers in the area, with FISD Limited Company’s sustainable irrigation technologies that help farmers adapt to climate change.

At Mlooka, water is pumped from the Shire river via two submersible pumps, each with a capacity of 229 litres per second. These pumps are driven by a 288 killowat solar array of 570 solar modules.

This water is then conveyed to a 10,000 cubic meters reservoir up hill, some one and a half kilometer away, for both storage and supply to a 138 hectare farm-land.

Now even in the face of the current dry spell, farmers are able to cultivate rice and other crops. The project has also brought other benefits to the community. Now the areas has connectivity to the national electricity grid, good roads and bridges constructed by FISD and piped water at the primary school.

FISD is proud to have its solutions transforming lives for the better.