Irrigation

Rural Focus has experience in the design and construction of irrigation systems for smallholder (community) and commercial schemes.

Smallholder schemes tend to be combined with domestic water. The in-field systems are typically sprinkler based, although there is a move to make drip systems affordable and feasible to smallholder irrigators. A key feature of smallholder schemes is the need to be able to share water equitability between scheme members. Rural Focus has made use of water sharing boxes and meters to improve equitable distribution of water between branch lines and scheme members.

Commercial irrigation schemes tend to be designed to a high specification, with more automation, more control and higher efficiencies expected. Irrigation systems typically have in-field drip lines, spray lines, humidity lines and may also include sprinkler lines for particular crops.

Rural Focus provides the necessary skills because it brings professionalism and experience to the projects.