Turning floods into dry-season harvests
In Ghana's bread-basket north, smallholders swing between flood and drought. With PAVE Irrigation Systems, we capture excess water underground during the rains β and release it for farming when the fields run dry.
Great potential, unpredictable water
The Northern regions could supply the bulk of Ghana's food and industrial raw materials β yet smallholders remain exposed to drought, floods, pests and disease.
To remedy this, Conservation Alliance and PAVE Irrigation Systems promote PAVE Irrigation Technology (PIT) β a rainwater-harvesting and aquifer-recharge system that injects excess water underground during rainy days and floods, storing it for dry-season farming and supplementing irrigation during short rains.
The materials to build it can be sourced almost anywhere in the world β making the innovation easy to replicate across regions.
Store the surplus, farm through the dry season
Harvest the Rains
Capture excess water from heavy rainfall and seasonal floods.
Recharge the Aquifer
Inject that water underground for safe, evaporation-free storage.
Farm the Dry Season
Draw stored water to grow crops long after the rains have gone.
Bridge Short Rains
Supplement irrigation whenever the rainfall falls short.
Built to be Replicated
Because its materials can be sourced almost anywhere, PAVE technology can be rebuilt and scaled across different regions and climates.
Designed to deliver more from every drop
Capabilities of PAVE Irrigation Technology as documented by Conservation Alliance.
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Support water-smart technology that turns floods into food security for smallholder farmers in Northern Ghana.