In 2009, Brown School, the International Food Policy Research Institute, and KickStart International teamed up to conduct a three-year study to evaluate the impact of KickStart's irrigation pumps on health, nutrition, education and income among East African farmers. 

KickStart's mission is to alleviate poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa. 
By developing and marketing low-cost technologies, such as irrigation pumps for subsistence farmers, KickStart’s efforts are
not only impacting poverty, but also addressing issues of education, health, and nutrition.

Investigators

Lora Iannotti
Assistant Professor, Brown School
liannotti@wustl.edu

Ephraim Nkonya
International Food Policy Research Institute
enkonya@cgiar.org

Beatrice Sakwa
Impact Monitoring, KickStart
beatrice.sakwa@kickstart.org

Valentine Gandhi
Impact Monitoring, KickStart
gandhi@kickstart.org

Funders

• The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
• International Initiative for Impact Evaluation (3ie)
• Voxtra International

Read about this evaluation on our blog: http://kickstartblog.wordpress.com

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