Prosper on Farms is a climate action and food security initiative to provide farmers in Zimbabwe access to irrigation and post-harvest losses without putting them into debt. The target is to put 250 000 hectares under irrigation by 2030.
Prosper on Farms does not give loans. No money or deposit or collateral is required from farmers for an irrigation system.
The same way that a company gives an employee a company car for free after 5 years working for the company is the same way Prosper on Farms gives farmers who meet agreed production targets OWNERSHIP of irrigation systems it puts on their farms.
Our philosophy is that we give the farmer what the farmer needs to prosper as a farmer including irrigation, no irrigation loans.
If the farmer is productive, we increase the size of the contract farming that the farmer can do by increasing the value of the contract and the size of the irrigation system.
On the other hand, if a farmer performs poorly across seasons or is lazy, we cancel the contract and salvage what we can.