

Design of a Dew collector Greenhouse
This greenhouse has multifunctional purpose: grow food and produce water. Inside, the hot air is trapped so the temperature in the greenhouse keeps rising throughout the day. The heat causes water to evaporate, creating air humidity making the greenhouse atmosphere better for plants' growth as well as maximising the dew harvest. When the surface temperature drops at evening until morning, the farmer pulls out the rope to open the top of the greenhouse allowing it to cool, eve
Roots Up solutions: how to harvest water in a greenhouse?
Short video to explain how we can harvest water in a greenhouse from air condensation #waterharvest #greenhouse #lowtechsolutions

Field analysis: Roots Up getting started
Back to the first week of January, Roots Up realized its first field mission in North Gondar. It was the occasion to meet several farmers who live next to the city of Gondar. Far from being the most remote rural zones of Ethiopia, these farmers are nonetheless facing many challenges. From erratic rainy seasons to debt issue, the whole farming activities are threatened in the long run. In order to highlight farmer’s situation, we conducted interviews about their farming practi