To date, IDE has reached more than two million poor farm families. By empowering them to begin the journey from poverty, IDE provides market access, training and water-control technologies.
IDE has big ideas and uses a market-based approach to reduce poverty in the poorest developing countries worldwide. Our successes are not only measured by sheer economic growth, but also by the stories of success shared by our farm families.
PUBLICATIONS
Multiple Use Water Service Implementation in Nepal and India: Experience and Lessons for Scale Up
Monique Mikhail and Robert Yoder
FAO: The experiences of IDE in the mass marketing of small-scale affordable irrigation devices
Lawrence A. Egan and staffs/International Development Enterprises (IDE)
"Our Life is Much Better" - a case study from Zambia Before learning about IDE, Peter Chakanyuka, along with his wife and six children, farmed a ½ hectare plot of land. Depending upon rain for irrigation, his family could only grow maize and peanuts, with yields that were too small to sell...
A Good Business and a Secure Future : An IDE Success Story from Vietnam Years of war have left Phu Da commune with vast areas of sandy, infertile land pockmarked with bomb craters. IDE’s affordable hand pumps enabled farmers in Phu Da to grow better quality, high value crops even during the dry season. But, thanks to IDE’s entrepreneurial approach, it’s not just the farmers who benefit.
"Better Income in a Shorter Time" - an IDE Success Story from Cambodia Then Chanta and his brother-in-law Run Vanna are rice-growing farmers in Otaki village, Cambodia. With limited land, they were not able to move beyond subsistence farming to escape chronic poverty. That changed when they learned about an opportunity to participate in an experimental IDE project...
Cornerstones of Success: A Cambodia Testamonial Seven years ago, Ken Yean and his wife Neary were typical rice farmers in the Mekong Delta region of Southeast Cambodia. They and their five children eked out an existence on one hectare of paddy land.
IDE INFORMATION
Rural Wealth Creation: Strategic Directions for IDE
Approved by IDE's Board of Directors in October 2008, this document updates IDE's 2004 Strategic Plan. Download now (PDF, 605 KB)
IDE Bangladesh Celebrates 25 Year Anniversary
(June 2, 2009) Congratulations to IDE Bangladesh on 25 years of creating income opportunities for small farmers. Founded in 1984, IDE Bangladesh is the oldest continually operating IDE country program...
Events News: EarthFest Boulder
(April 9, 2009) IDE will be participating in this year's EarthFest Boulder, a free, family-friendly outdoor event honoring Earth Day. It takes place on Saturday, April 18 at CU Research Park, and includes a unique mix of athletic, artistic, and educational activities. More info at www.earthfestboulder.org.
IDE-UK Announces New Chief Executive
(March 24, 2009) IDE-UK has announced Lewis Temple as the organization's new Chief Executive. With an academic background in Social Anthropology, Lewis has spent over 10 years managing international development programs...
Polak Profiled in BusinessWeek
(Jan. 13, 2009) IDE Founder Paul Polak was recently profiled on BusinessWeek.com. In a special report on "Voices of Innovation," senior writer Jessie Scanlon discusses Polak's strategy for helping the world's poor earn...
Multiple Use Water Services Book Now Available
(Jan. 8, 2009) IDE announces the publication of Multiple Use Water Service Implementation in Nepal and India: Experience and Lessons for Scale-Up by Monique Mikhail and Robert Yoder. The book explores the practical implementation of the multiple-use water services...
