Rivulis and Kilimo Partner to Strengthen Corporate Water Stewardship and Scale Climate-Resilient Irrigation for Farmers Worldwide
Rivulis and Kilimo announced a partnership designed to help corporate water stewards accelerate measurable basin-level water benefits by supporting farmers in adopting efficient and climate-resilient irrigation to improve water quantity and quality across some of the world’s most water-stressed regions.
The partnership integrates Kilimo’s recognized water stewardship platform with Rivulis’ comprehensive micro irrigation solutions and global execution capabilities, enabling corporates to support verified, near term volumetric water benefits while reducing barriers for farmers transitioning to micro irrigation. Thus far, Rivulis and Kilimo have executed projects in California and in Mexico.
Rivulis: A Global Micro Irrigation Leader Supporting Growers for Over 80 Years
Rivulis brings over 80 years of irrigation expertise, operating in 120+ countries with a 20-factory global manufacturing footprint and a broad network of on-the-ground agronomy, sales, and technical teams. Rivulis provides practical irrigation and smart-farming solutions that are affordable and straightforward to implement, design and support systems that help growers successfully adopt and operate micro irrigation at scale. Through financing models and programs such as Rivulis Impact Financing and Rivulis Climate, the company also helps farmers access sustainable technologies and participate in emerging climate-oriented opportunities, including entering the carbon economy.
Kilimo: Delivering Volumetric Water Benefits for Corporate Water Stewards
Kilimo is a global Water Stewardship platform that drives climate adaptation solutions to ensure a future with reliable water resources for communities, ecosystems, and sustainable economic development.
To achieve this goal, Kilimo created a business model that connects farmers seeking to improve their irrigation practices with companies that have water security goals. With these two allies, Kilimo implements concrete, measurable, and auditable collective actions that materialize in volumetric water benefits projects. For its impact to-date, Kilimo was awarded the Enterprise Global Freshwater Challenge by the World Economic Forum in 2023