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The ‘Farmer’s Friend’, a simple treadle pump developed by IDEI, is changing the lives of poor farmers in Eastern India. The low-cost device, used for pumping water for irrigation, has trebled farmers’ incomes so they can now save and send their children to school.

• On site 19 June 2009
• Air date 19 June 2009
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Keywords

• ASHDEN awards,
• farming,
• water pump,
• irrigation,
• poverty.