Skip to main content
Rapp Group

Main navigation

  • Range of services
    • To Overview
    • General Planning & Construction Management
      • Construction Management
      • General Planning
    • Operations & Logistics
      • Factory Planning
      • Logistics Planning
      • Operational Excellence
      • Operational and Factory Planning
      • Plant Development Planning
    • Metering & Billing
      • Billing Services
      • Measurement Systems
    • Infrastructure & Environment
      • CAD and GIS site documentation
      • Surveying
      • Plant Pipelines, Pipeline Construction
      • Water & Wastewater
      • Deconstruction and remediation
      • Environment
      • General & Industrial Civil Engineering
      • Bridges & Engineering Structures
      • Traffic and Transport Systems
    • Architecture & Urban Design
      • Project Development
      • Architecture
      • Site Planning
    • Mobility & Transport
      • Mobility Services and New Mobility
      • Traffic and Transport Planning
      • Telematics for Traffic and Transport
      • Public Transport
      • Freight Traffic & Transport Management
      • Mobility South Germany
    • Building Services Engineering & Energy
      • Building Services Engineering
      • Building Simulation
    • Supporting Structures & Specialists
      • Support Structures
      • Construction Logistics
      • Building Physics and Acoustics
      • Fire Protection
      • Safety
      • Lift Installations
      • Relocation Management
  • References
  • Stories
  • Who we are
    • To Overview
    • Operating companies
      • Rapp Architects Ltd
      • Rapp Building Technology Ltd
      • Rapp Enserv Ltd
      • Rapp Industrial Planners Ltd
      • Rapp Infra Ltd
      • Rapp Services Ltd
      • Rapp Trans Ltd
    • Management
    • Mission Statement
    • Key Figures
    • History
    • Our commitment
      • Development cooperation
      • Individual engagements
      • Promoting the next generation
    • Locations and contact
  • Careers
    • To Overview
    • Career at Rapp
      • Apprenticeships
      • Career
      • Internship
    • Rapp as an employer
      • Employee benefits
      • Leadership principles
      • Personnel development
    • Job Vacancies
    • Unsolicited applications
    • Job Alert

Meta Navigation

  • News
  • DE
  • EN
  • FR
  • IT
  • r ueber uns Magunguli 01

Breadcrumb

  1. Home
  2. Who we are
  3. Our commitment
  4. Development cooperation

Development cooperation

Working to improve living conditions.

Rapp Group was actively involved in improving the production and distribution conditions of local farmers in Magunguli between 2012 and 2018.

Development cooperation in Tanzania

Rapp Group participated in improving the production and distribution conditions of local farmers in Magunguli, a small village in south Tanzania. The construction of a storage facility made it possible to place agricultural produce into intermediate storage and package it there. We also planned an irrigation system and supervised the construction and expansion of the network.

The non-profit organisation Engineers Without Borders pursues a similar goal with its projects.

Extending to the irrigation system in Magunguli

As the pilot irrigation system planned by Rapp had been in successful operation for a number of years, the task for 2017 was to extend the reach of the network. Our on-site engineers tested the suitability of other cost-effective pipelines to connect distant fields easily and flexibly to the pressure irrigation system.

Magunguli's environment had sufficient water resources to satisfy needs. The challenge, however, was to make the available water – mainly contained in the small tributaries of a local range of hills – accessible for irrigation purposes and to distribute it to where it was needed. According to local statements, the water from available sources was usually redirected a mere 40 metres into the fields. This was accomplished by digging traditional water trenches and then carrying the water by hand to the plants. Alternative irrigation systems were not so widespread. This laborious and inefficient irrigation method could only help irrigate small areas. Significant yield losses, especially during the dry season, were the result. Our engineers were able to show on site how water can be transported over a course of up to 500 metres using relatively simple means.

r-ueber_uns-Magunguli-01
r-ueber_uns-Magunguli-02
r-ueber_uns-Magunguli-03
r-ueber_uns-Magunguli-04
r-ueber_uns-Magunguli-05

‹ › ×

    Contact us:

    +41 58 595 77 77 info@rapp.ch

    Social Links

    Rapp Group

    Hochstrasse 100
    Postfach
    4018 Basel
    Switzerland

    Downloads

    To Overview
    • Organigram Rapp Group
    • Internship at Rapp
    • VHKA Sample Invoice Consumption Share
    • VHKA Sample Invoice Per Franc

    Footer

    • Legal notice
    • Data Protection Declaration
    • © 2021 Rapp AG Basel
    Rapp Group
    • Range of services
      • To Overview
      • General Planning & Construction Management
      • Operations & Logistics
      • Metering & Billing
      • Infrastructure & Environment
      • Architecture & Urban Design
      • Mobility & Transport
      • Building Services Engineering & Energy
      • Supporting Structures & Specialists
    • References
    • Stories
    • Who we are
      • To Overview
      • Operating companies
      • Management
      • Mission Statement
      • Key Figures
      • History
      • Our commitment
        • To Overview
        • Development cooperation
        • Individual engagements
        • Promoting the next generation
      • Locations and contact
    • Careers
      • To Overview
      • Career at Rapp
        • To Overview
        • Apprenticeships
        • Career
        • Internship
      • Rapp as an employer
        • To Overview
        • Employee benefits
        • Leadership principles
        • Personnel development
      • Job Vacancies
      • Unsolicited applications
      • Job Alert

    Meta Navigation

    • News
    • DE
    • EN
    • FR
    • IT