The reason for unecological agricultural practices is the lack of access, financial means, or knowledge on sustainable solutions – and EQT Foundation loves the idea of tackling all of these problems at the same time. Empowering small farmers to make more sustainable choices makes Spowdi a future-oriented impact start-up with the potential to fundamentally change agriculture across the globe – all while increasing knowledge through big data analytics.

Spowdi’s pumps have already revolutionized the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of farmers in southern India and they intend to expand worldwide. The impact potential of Spowdi’s invention is gigantic as there are some 500 million smallholder farms that can all be supplied with a solution that generates no greenhouse gas emissions, uses less water, and is economically viable for the individual farmer. Spowdi is helps replacing 19th century farming practices with technology of the future.