Making small-plot agriculture more remunerative and thereby reducing poverty, hunger and deprivation remains IDEI’s guiding philosophy. IDEI’s technology is designed to be one-fifth the cost of its competitors, scaled down to fit one-tenth hectare plots, and is able to generate sales at an unsubsidised market price. Characteristics of the technologies include:

IDEI promotes technology and services under KB brand. KB stands for Krishak Bandhu or Farmers’ Friend. The portfolio of KB technologies includes the KB treadle pumps, KB Drip and the Sprinkler Irrigation systems. These technologies help farmers, mostly practicing rain-fed agriculture, to adopt irrigated agriculture and get at least three crops a year instead of one that they would get under otherwise. The technologies are very suitable for vegetable and fruit crops which also provide better remuneration to small farmers.  All these technologies continue to help the farmers earn on average, USD 500 in net additional income each year.  
 

IDEI creates and develops sustainable market for low cost irrigation technology by working both on supply and demand dimensions. IDEI follows the approach of using donor funds to build grass root entrepreneurs to stimulate a sustainable & free market.  The technologies reach to the customers through a private sector supply chain, which is engaged in the manufacture and distribution of the technologies, at fair prices, while ensuring that manufacturers and distribution network retain their share of profits. IDEI engages in creation and capacity building of supply chain players. Simultaneously IDEI takes up promotion of technology among small farmers by using various innovative tools of communication.
 

For its efforts, to enable the small holder farmer emerge out of income poverty IDEI has been recognized and rewarded by several organizations. Some accolades include the;