Irrigation for Iraqi Farmers

Help Iraqi farmers water their crops so that they can feed their families and their communities



***SFC Soper rotated back to the US prior to being able to implement this project. These donations will be used to fund irrigation for Iraqi farmers under the Marine 5th Agricultural Co-Op Project.***


Sergeant First Class Brian Soper recently helped us provide 250 water barrels to Iraqis living outside of Baghdad. Now, he wants to help Iraqi farmers irrigate their crops.


SFC Brian Soper

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Water Pumps and Drip Irrigation
Spirit of America is sending water pumps to help Iraqi farmers get water from water wells and canals. Additionally, we are sending drip irrigation hoses which will help farmers to water their crops while minimizing water loss from evaporation.

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Water pump system


SFC Brian Soper writes to us on the idea of water irrigation systems:

Regarding the alternatives to gas pumps and the drip technology...would it be possible to get around 20 of the approve pumps and 1 of the 2 acre drip technology watering systems? I happen to have a landscape architect with a Masters from the U of MN with me here in Baghdad. What we would like to do is set up a test site to allow the Iraqi farmers the opportunity to see the benefits of it and to make sure that they would use it. He said that the drip irrigation system would be the best option since you can control the flow and it would reduce water loss due to evaporation.

Thanks,

Brian

SFC Brian Soper

Project Status

SFC Soper rotated back to the US prior to being able to implement this project. These donations will be used to fund irrigation for Iraqi farmers under the Marine 5th Agricultural Co-Op Project or to support other agricultural projects under Help Coalition Forces with Agricultural Reconstruction.

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