With the Groasis Great Green Wall Fund we will create millions of jobs, produce millions tons of food and we will do many more

Groasis launches the first private initiative to replant the “Great Green Wall of Africa”. In the coming period we’ll inform you about how we will realize this challenging project. The plan will be based on a sound business model as the area is too big – 70 million hectares - to replant with charity money alone. However, because of the fact that the Groasis Technology has become so cheap after 12 years of research, we can restore this area with agroforestry – productive trees - for an unimaginable low investment. In order to reach this we need talented people and people from the finance world, who want to help realize this project with us.
The Groasis Great Green Wall Fund will:

    Create millions of jobs
    Produce millions of tons of food
    Create wealth, good healthcare and good education
    Prevent the necessity of people to leave their home countries

Why it never happend and Why it will happen now:

    Until now planting could only be done during the rainy season
    This rain dependent planting system shortens the planting season and the area is too big to plant only a few months per year
    If no rain falls, or not enough, many or all plants die – all effort and costs without result – no crop a few years later
    With the Groasis Technology we can plant year round – results are even better in Summer than in Winter
    From training to sapling production to planting – it can all be planned and it is therefore doable
    The scale – year round planting – local production – makes it all cost effective and payable

How we make it happen:

    The Groasis Terracedixx makes mini-terraces that cause that over 90% of the rain infiltrates the soil
    We dig planting holes by hand or do it with the Groasis capillary drills if it is too hot to do it by hand
    With locally produced mycorrhizae and locally collected dried manure we replace fertilizers
    With locally produced Growboxx plantcocoons® from recycled paper we plant year round
    Scientifically controlled results show over 90% survival rate and use of 99% less water
    With the Growsafe Telescoprotexx we use micro protection against goats
    With our experience we’ll make this a success

(Source : www.groasis.com)

Short explanation of Groasis

With the Groasis Technology you use 1 liter water instead of 10, while planting dry areas

The Groasis Technology is extremely efficient with water, this way allowing to one to plant in areas where water is scarce or expensive. The Groasis Technology helps the planter save money with eco-restoration, while – if the plantation is for agroforestry - also allowing the planter to make more money

The Groasis Technology is no irrigation, it is a planting technology

The Groasis Technology (GT) is an integrated planting technology to plant in dry, eroded, desert and rocky areas. It is not a way of irrigation. When planting with the Groasis Technology, during the first year water savings are more than 90% when compared to any other planting method. From the second year onwards no water is added as irrigation is not needed, .

The Groasis Technology is a biomimicry technology and consists of:
1) improving the soil with compost and mycorrhizae
2) leaving the capillary structure intact and makeing the correct planting hole with the Groasis Capillary drill
3) using plants with the right primary roots which are not twisted, but extend vertically downwards
4) using the Groasis Waterboxx
5) using the Growsafe Telescoprotexx plant protector against heat in the summer, from frost during the winter and from grazing by animals
6) if necessary, when planting on rocks, the use of the capillary drill.

While using the Groasis Technology the primary roots grow average half to one centimeter per day into the deep soil. After one year the roots are two to four meter deep. The plant has found water and is now independent and strong enough to grow on its own. The Groasis Technology is a copy of how Mother Nature solves the problem of planting plants in deserts, eroded areas, badlands and on rocks. With the use of the Groasis Technology you can plant wasteland with productive trees. You can use it to plant orchards or use it in your garden. It works everywhere and always.

The Groasis Technology is a copy if how Mother Nature plants. The survival rate is on average in excess of 90% no matter how difficult the circumstances are. Other planting methods limit planting to take place only in certain seasons. The Groasis Technology enables one to plant during 21 months per year, independent from the season and no matter the temperature. This allows a planter to plan and industrialize the planting process. If the Groasis multiple capillary drill is used, previously unimaginable big areas can be planted each day.

The reason of the success of the Groasis Technology

In most locations ground water can be found at a depth of 3 or more meters. The problem for a plant in dry and eroded areas is that the first 3 meters of top soil, are dry. The air temperature is also high and frequently there are strong winds. After planting in these dry areas the plant often has not got enough time to extend put its roots deep enough to find the ground water. The plant subsequently dries out and dies. The Groasis Technology helps the plant to grow its roots 3 or more meters deep in the first year. Once the plant reaches this depth, it is able to grow independently and will not die anymore. After that year you can remove the Groasis Waterboxx and plant the next tree with it. This is an incredible cheap method to plant.

Pieter Hoff says: ‘if a tree once grew there he can grow there again’, and, ‘if the area of 2 billion hectares was small enough to cut, it is also small enough to replant’.

The Groasis Technology is inexpensive

Planting trees with drip irrigation is extremely expensive. Once you use drip irrigation you have eternal costs for energy and maintenance. You must replace your pumps and tubes every 5 years. Besides that water is scarce and we better use it as drinking water. The Groasis Technology uses no pumps, tubes or energy, and very little water. Only in the first year you have some low costs. After one year you never have costs anymore. Mother Nature has always been able to grow without irrigation. With the use of the Groasis Technology you can again use that power to grow sound and healthy products, without irrigation.

Cost indication

Replanting through agroforestry with the Groasis Technology will cost approximately 3,500 US$ per hectare. This estimation is including organization, labour, the Groasis Waterboxx and planting material. With the Groasis Technology you can plant 12 months per year. This year round planting is an important factor. It allows planting schemes on a very efficient way.

Good Return on Investment

You can use the Groasis Technology to plant orchards, plant productive forest, for ecosystem recovery or anywhere where planting without irrigation is impossible, or too expensive. Upgrade the value of wasteland through our inexpensive money and water saving technology and create capital growth on a sustainable basis.