About eight years ago, the government of Botswana invested heavily in backyard gardens as a means of reducing poverty in villages and settlements. Upon introduction of the gardens, the beneficiaries` water bills shot up leading to the abandonment of the otherwise good project.
To address the above problem and also to adapt to climate change, we intend to set up 26 New Earth Gardens for poor households, in Mmadinare, Bobirwa, Central District. The New Earth Garden is our CIPA registered utility model which uses a bottom-up watering and fertilization technology that is environmentally friendly and comes with almost zero labour. The garden comes with three liquid organic fertilizers and one organic pest repellent. The liquid organic fertilizers and pest repellent are our registered trademarks and we are also upgrading the garden model from a utility model to a patent.