Farmer Financial Resources
Investing in a modernized irrigation system can be a costly investment for a farmer to make. Current financial resources available often come in the form of public grants and federal and state funding that provide a cost share, with the farmer paying a percentage of the overall cost. Although these resources are tremendously beneficial, they can be complex and require a cumbersome process to find opportunities and then apply for the funding.
Netafim’s Corporate Partnership Program seeks to bridge the financial barrier that still exists.
Corporate Responsibility Goals
Many corporations have established corporate responsibility goals that guide how they direct time, attention and resources to achieve time-bound environmental and social goals. Areas of focus often include reducing their own environmental impact; implementing sustainability goals tied to greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction, energy, and/or water use; health, well-being, diversity and equity; regenerative agriculture; and others. With scrutiny around these goals, many companies offer significant transparency about their activity towards accomplishing these goals.
Corporate funding can make a big difference to the same farmers that Netafim develops irrigation systems for by offering cost share in exchange for measurable benefits, including:
- Reducing emissions compared to current practices, helping to achieve carbon inset or offset goals.
- Reducing water demand in agriculture or improving water quality by optimizing resource use, helping to achieve water stewardship goals.
- Improving the health of agricultural soils, helping to achieve regenerative agriculture goals.
Netafim matches Corporations interested with these goals to the farmers interested in implementing new, modernized irrigation systems.
It’s A Match
Keurig Dr Pepper
Keurig Dr Pepper is committed to reducing its environmental impacts and restoring resources in support of a regenerative and circular economy. Working with Netafim, KDP has supported the installation of drip irrigation systems on farms in the Sacramento watershed and San Joaquin Valley. As part of this effort, farmers were incentivized to deploy state-of-the-art crop management practices and robust reporting and data collection. Collaboration is key to successful water stewardship actions that benefit watersheds and local communities. LimnoTech supported KDP with an independent volumetric water benefit assessment of the KDP-Netafim partnership projects in California’s Sacramento and San Joaquin Valleys.
Success Story
Google understands the interconnectedness of California’s water conveyance systems and as part of its commitment to water stewardship, supports multiple interventions to increase water resilience in the state. Reducing agricultural water demand is one way to positively impact California’s water resources. With farmers facing rising costs and lower margins, Google’s partnership can help farmers who desire to switch to more efficient irrigation make the change happen sooner. Working with Netafim, a farmer in Dos Palos was identified that desired to switch from flood-irrigated alfalfa to drip irrigated almonds. LimnoTech collaborates and works together with companies like Google and Netafim, to support watershed stewardship actions that can help create stronger communities and healthier environments. LimnoTech supported Google with an independent volumetric water benefit assessment of the Google-Netafim partnership project.