Blue Filter

1 High rate of unemployment and poverty among marginalized groups of farmers

2 Exploiting the situation of farmers and the poverty in which they live to work at very low wages and not achieve equality in work

3 Farmers' children dropped out because of poverty and lack of education

4 Resorting to impermissible acts in order to bring livelihood and luxury

5 Selling agricultural lands due to desertification and lack of financial resources

6 High costs of purchasing water, fertilizer, and fodder for agricultural work and achieving business continuity

7 The high prices of available alternatives to purifying water and providing water suitable for irrigation

8 The spread of diseases due to the misuse of polluted water in agriculture

9 Land desertification due to the increase in salinity, nitrates, chlorides, and water scarcity in the aquifers.

10  Low productivity of plants and agricultural crops

11 The high cost of water for farmers

12  High levels of nitrates in water wells and fruit and vegetable crops as a result of improper use of chemical fertilizers

13  High cost of raw materials

14  The high cost of fertilizers

15 The high rate of unemployment as a result of the shrinking of the agricultural profession

16  Farmers' lack of knowledge about the problem of nitrates, salinity, and other problems and how they can deal with it and test it (low experience in new technologies)

Project: In the absence of clean water for agricultural fields in the world, the Blue Filter is designed to filter the high amount of pollutants (nitrates, salinity, and chloride) from water. The water treatment reduces the percentage of nitrate from 100% to 2 %, and of chloride from 100 % to 40 %, for farmers engaging in environmentally friendly practices. The innovation is a (plastic or metal) mould filled with treated plant seeds and then placed in water basins for treatment. This project will help farmers to get clean water for irrigation through green technology applied directly at the farm, with no need for transportation. It is expected to improve farmers’ financial condition (and create job opportunities) by 70% and increase the productivity of agricultural crops by 80 %.

The Blue Filter project is supported by an application and a website (Digital System), the aim of which is to educate farmers and customers about everything related to water, the environment and agriculture, in addition to following up on purification processes and addressing any problems during water purification processes and providing all the necessary information on the results Tests and the meanings of these data that are not known to everyone, especially the general public

This application seeks to support the environmental and water terminology of the category of farmers who suffer from very low levels of education compared to others.

As well as spreading awareness and education to the public and translating complex meanings and terms into a simple language that suits their level through the application and the site itself or through the advisory team that communicates with them personally.

The Blue Filter is an innovative filter for farmers that allows to significantly reduce excessive nitrates & pollutants in the water used for irrigation through the use of a mixture of plant seeds that are treated in environmentally friendly ways.

As the water treatment process takes place without the need for any chemical additives or electrical energy by placing filters in the water basins directly, we are contributing to a blue economy by reducing water pollution from agricultural runoff, and therefore sea pollution.  

The nitrate  and chloride removal rate is more than 98 percent

Targeted institutions and individuals in the analysis included:

-  Agricultural Institutions: .............................................................................. …….2000 Institutions

-  Farmers: .................................................................................................... ……….50000 Farmers

-  Relief Institutions: ..................................................................................................500 Institutions

-  Animal Feeds and Fertilizers Factories: ........................................................... …..300 Factories

- General Public with water supply shortages: ……………………………….....................1500 people

the project is implementing training for women, youth, men, farmers, and their families with special needs, as the training focus on the following:

1Improving the economic situation by developing farmers' products and networking them with the local market

2 Guiding farmers on how to correct agricultural practices in order to reduce costs, increase agricultural production productivity, and transfer experience to their families.

3 Enhancing the ability of small farmers to improve their standard of living and enhance

their steadfastness

4 Contribute to preserving and protecting natural resources

5 Enhancing the ability of farmers to respond to emergencies and various variables and instability

6 Empowering farmers to defend their democratic and national rights

7 Providing environmentally friendly and economical sources of irrigation

8 Enhancing the productivity and sustainability of family farming for climate-resilient farming systems

9 Supporting youth and ensuring the sustainability of family farming across generations

10 Socio-economic inclusion, resilience, and well-being of family farmers and rural households and communities.

We as a team in the Blue Filter project are working collaboratively to develop the project to include many difficult pollutants in order to remove them, in addition to achieving the project's goal, which is to provide water suitable for irrigation in order to improve the health and nutritional situation, in addition to promoting the project through networking with international institutions And the opening of branches of the project in several regions.

We are also working on seeking to employ a number of experts and specialists in the project and work with related companies to provide job opportunities, develop the project and the work team through exchanging experiences and studying local and global problems in the water and agriculture sector and contributing to solving them in environmentally friendly ways And creative.

In addition, we plan to bring in many investments in the project by participating in investment campaigns to develop the project to include many areas

Team information:

 

• Salah Al-Sadi, founder and director of Blue Filter project, Master of Water and Environment, with more than 15 years of experience in the field of water, environment, and agriculture.

• Samia Hegazy, Bachelor of Water and Environmental Sciences, 10 years of experience in the field of soil and water, and a specialist in agriculture, soil, and laboratory testing.

• Ahmed Al-Sadi, Bachelor of Business Administration, 9 years of experience, specializing in accounts and management.                   

 ahmed.sadi@outlook.com

• Tasneem Al-Zayan, Bachelor’s degree in journalism and media, 8 years of experience, specializing in marketing and advertising    

trzayyan@gmail.com

 Our team achievements :

• The project participated in several international and local events and had a strong impact in terms of the idea and creative solutions that contribute to solving water problems in various regions of the world.
• The project has received many focused courses on project development and how to develop the project to include many pollutants that need to be removed in environmentally friendly ways. Work is currently underway to develop new creative methods.
• Several countries were visited, including the Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey, and the possibility of developing the project was studied as to how to benefit from it in the treatment of wastes present in the water and difficult to treat by traditional methods.
• Through visits and training with various institutions in the fields of environment, water, and agriculture, these opportunities were exploited for marketing and expansion in many areas suffering from pollution crises in the water sector.
• The number of Customers now 500 and we are launch mobile apps for the project to gain 10000 customers
• The vision of the project is to deliver water to every home for the sake of health and food security for all, because good water means a safe and stable life

 

 

 

 

 

The project has so far graduated more than 1500 young male and female farmers by developing their capabilities and improving their economic situation through the implementation of many training workshops that have greatly contributed to linking a large part of them with supporting institutions, in addition to directing farmers towards safe farming methods. And the exploitation of green technology in economic savings and improving the standard of living for them

They were trained in ways of solving problems, tracking creativity in their agricultural operations, and making use of everything

They were trained on how to enter the market, diversify their products, and effective sales and marketing methods

Supporting our project financially and technically to achieve the followings:

• Producing new products with new specifications
• Expansion in global markets
• Integration of technology by launching an application for the product that contributes to the provision of services anywhere in the world
• Corporate work with new organizations
• Entering the investment market and bringing in investments for new products

 

Blue Filter also enjoys the following  advantages

 

- Improving the economic situation by developing farmers' products and networking them with the local market

- Guiding farmers on how to correct agricultural practices in order to reduce costs, increase agricultural --production productivity, and transfer experience to their families.

- Enhancing the ability of small farmers to improve their standard of living and enhance

their steadfastness

- Contribute to preserving and protecting natural resources

- Enhancing the ability of farmers to respond to emergencies and various variables and instability

- Empowering farmers to defend their democratic and national rights

- Providing environmentally friendly and economical sources of irrigation

- Enhancing the productivity and sustainability of family farming for climate-resilient farming systems

- Supporting youth and ensuring the sustainability of family farming across generations

- Socio-economic inclusion, resilience, and well-being of family farmers and rural households and communities.

 

Features of the project :

 

•           Clean, affordable water for irrigation.

 

•           Producing vital fertilizers to improve soil quality.

 

•           Producing low-cost protein-rich animal feeds.

 

•           Services for farmers (consultations, awareness-raising, training, and field checkups).

 

•           Ease of operation and maintenance of the system.

 

•           The system can be easily adapted to the size of the farm.

 

•           It does not require energy or any chemicals.

 

•           The system is sustainable and can be recycled and reused.

 

•           Use of technology for continuous checkups and monitoring of the quality of both water and agriculture

 

•           Minimal water waste

1          Provide jobs for farmers and their families

2          Achieving water and food security

3          Reducing the chances of spreading diseases among the public

4          Achieve sustainability of the project and work

5          Reducing pollution and pollutant emission sources and preserving water reserves

6          improve the sustainability of agriculture

7          develop cost-effective agri-environmental policies

8          preserve biodiversity and manage the ecosystem

9          helping to make agricultural activities more cost-effective

         we  measure the project impact

        Number of jobs offered by the project  for farmers and their families

            The percent of achievement  to provide water and food security

            Reducing percent  the chances of spreading diseases among the                       public

            Achieve sustainability of the project and work

            Reducing pollution and pollutant emission sources and preserving                    water reserves

            Improve the sustainability of agriculture

            Develop cost-effective agri-environmental policies

            Preserve biodiversity and manage the ecosystem

            Helping to make agricultural activities more cost-effective

        The level of change in the behavior of farmers, in particular, the                     development of the use of green technology and digital

         technology

         Use representation of gender and diversity as a measurable marker of a       project's success and progress

         Expand business relationships with women and minority-owned                       enterprise sons

         Zero Waste 

the project achieved its objectives:

1 Blue filter meets  SDGs goals  (3,6,7,8,15)

2 Improve farmer's financial condition (job opportunity) by 70%

3 Increase the productivity of agricultural crops by 80 %

4 Diseases reduction among population  70%

5 same quantity of water before and after treatment remains the same

6 Save Energy by  80%

The project has so far graduated more than 1500 young male and female farmers by developing their capabilities and improving their economic situation through the implementation of many training workshops that have greatly contributed to linking a large part of them with supporting institutions, in addition to directing farmers towards safe farming methods. And the exploitation of green technology in economic savings and improving the standard of living for them

They were trained in ways of solving problems, tracking creativity in their agricultural operations, and making use of everything

They were trained on how to enter the market, diversify their products, and effective sales and marketing methods

- High purity and quality of water with an efficiency of removing pollutants (nitrates and chlorides) by more than 95% (we have a certificate from the Water and Environment Laboratory, which is followed by local and international organizations)

- Saving money (the components of the project are available and very cheap in any region of the world, the processing steps are inexpensive)

- Energy saving (the project does not need any energy source to operate in the water treatment process)

- Good health (purification is done without chemicals, there are no microbes) The tests carried out with the project after water treatment prove the quality of the water that meets the standard standards

- Low poverty (the project is very important for the poorest areas because it is accessible to everyone and simple to use without any problems)

- Producing green products such as fodder and fertilizers during water treatment, and these by-products are used again for farmers to fertilize the land and provide fodder for livestock

- Recycling process, we can recycle project components more than 30 times without any loss in their quality

- Availability of raw materials at any time (all raw materials for the project are available in any region of the world.

- Maintaining the same amount of water after and before the treatment process without any loss

- Integration of new technology by educating and training farmers on digitization in agriculture

- Achieving water security and thus achieving food security through agriculture and preserving energy sources through green water treatment

• our tragets involved in the design of the project?

1             Ministry of Agriculture.

2             Agriculture syndicate

3             Palestine Water Authority

4             Universities laboratories

5             Ministry of Economy

6             Private companies for marketing and sales

By visiting these partner institutions and cooperating with them, everything necessary was done for the farmer's groups by implementing the project in their agricultural lands and improving their agricultural situation through implementing workshops in partnership with these institutions and educating and training farmers to improve agricultural work.

Also, train them on the mechanism of using the project, how to deal with the data generated from the water treatment system, and how to read this data to raise their cultural level. Most of these institutions provide social support to marginalized groups of farmers and their families. That is why the Blue Filter Project concluded partnerships with these institutions in order to network and upgrade farmers and improve their economic situation and use these institutions in order to ensure continuity and preserve the agricultural profession

 project contributes to SDG 8 "Decent Work and Economic Growth

1 Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation,

2 Improve progressively, through 2030, global resource efficiency in consumption and production and endeavor to decouple economic growth from environmental degradation

3  achieve full and productive employment and decent work for all women and men, including for young people and persons with disabilities, and equal pay for work of equal value.

The management team of Blue Filter is expected to use resources wisely, operate profitably, pay debts, and abide by laws and regulations. Blue Filter management philosophy is based on teamwork, responsibility, and mutual respect. People who work at Blue Filter would want to be part of the team because we operate in an environment that encourages creativity, diversity, growth, and performance.

 

The personnel plan reflects the need to strengthen our capabilities to match our positioning. In our experience, a team of multi-skilled employees works best for our kind of business. Working as a team is critical to our success. We recognize that human resources are Blue Filter’s most valuable asset.

 

Our personnel strategy focuses on selecting, training, rewarding, and stimulating all employees to build employee loyalty, and enhance performance. It will be easy to find and select the best new members of our team. In the selection process, a background check is necessary in this line of business.

Value Propositions

 

• Clean and low-cost water for irrigation
• Bio-fertilizers that improve soil’s condition
• Low-cost Bio livestock feed
• Services for farmers (consultations, awareness, pieces of training, Examination, etc.)
• Safe & Eco-friendly system for farmers (Green products)
• Easy setup and maintenance of the system
• The adaptability of the system to the size of the farm
• No need for electricity or chemicals for the system.
• The system is sustainable and easily recyclable.

 

Strengths of Blue Filter   The team is specialized in the field with diverse experiences in agricultural, chemical, water and environmental disciplines. in addition to the academic knowledge which make the team passionate for realizing the idea and implementing it on the ground Strong local and international relationships that can help in the development and advancement of the project in terms of consulting and providing the necessary requirements for the project from technical aspects.     The project does not depend on electricity or chemicals, in addition to the fact that the amount of treated water remains the same without any reduction in its quantity after treatment

ü  Available system testing and examination.

The project are Treating water from pollutants (Salinity, Nitrates, and chloride) by decreasing the percent of (salinity from 100 % to 50 %, Nitrate from 100% to 2 % and chloride from 100 % to 40 %) for farmers initially in ways that are environmentally friendly By using filters whose components are natural plant seeds that have been treated and placed in special molds in order to be used directly with polluted water. The process depends on the principle of placing these filters in polluted water basins or direct use with water. Plant seeds, after use for more than 20 times, the seeds are re-cleaned and activated again in order to purify the water again from harmful pollutants, new technology of treatment and free from any chemical additions or the use of electricity as well as economic way in treatment, The project depends on the technology of water treatment with green technology without the need to use electrical energy or treatment plants, and this means that electrical energy is not used in treatment because the principle on which the project works is soaking, i.e. placing filters in basins or barrels in which water is intended to be treated after collecting water.

In addition, the treatment process does not require fuel, energy, filter membranes or chemicals, only depends on the principle of treatment using clean energy.

• Put an end to all forms of violence and exploitation against women working in the project
• Value family and child care and promote shared household responsibilities through project services
• Ensure full participation in leadership and decision-making processes, including the recruitment and promotion of women in management position Pay employees equal remuneration for work regardless of gender and strive to provide a livable wage to all employees
• Use representation of gender and diversity as a measurable marker of company’s success and progress
• Provide women adequate, paid maternity leave
• Administer regular trainings on workplace inclusivity, violence, and harassment and respond to any allegations with full respect and reasonable action
• Allow open dialogue with employees on their experience working for the company
• Create a diversity committee to ensure all members of the company feel heard and represented and have a safe space to discuss their concerns and experiences
• Create opportunities for tele-working to enable women to stay in their career while attending to their responsibilities at home
• Expand business relationships with women and minority-owned enterprise sons

Revenue Streams

 

• Treated water sales
• Sales of Small Systems
• Sales of Large Systems
• Fertilizers sales
• Feed stocks sales
• Subscriptions to paid services (examinations, consultations, trainings, etc.)
• Financial support from NGOs & Relief associations to the farmers

 

Customer Relationships:

Field visits Feedback through website & mobile apps Customer care and maintenance services. Highlight Proof of Concepts (Examination Tests & Certificates). 

Economic, social and environmental  impacts: 
 The Blue Filter's project serves multiple purposes most of which is providing safe and clean water for agriculture and the public in general. The growing demand for safe, clean, and healthy water for agricultural use and residents has created the need for such a product. Blue Filter is an economical water purification system developed to provide clean irrigation water for agricultural uses. Blue Filter uses an environment-friendly technology without the need for electricity that aims to treat water from pollutants such as salinity, nitrates, and chloride. The project will also improve the economic situation of farmers by training them how to treat water by themselves and through benefiting from the treating process outputs products such as organic animal feeds and chemical-free fertilizers. Blue Filter also enjoys the following  advantages - Improving the economic situation by developing farmers' products and networking them with the local market - Guiding farmers on how to correct agricultural practices in order to reduce costs, increase agricultural --production productivity, and transfer experience to their families. - Enhancing the ability of small farmers to improve their standard of living and enhance their steadfastness - Contribute to preserving and protecting natural resources - Enhancing the ability of farmers to respond to emergencies and various variables and instability - Empowering farmers to defend their democratic and national rights - Providing environmentally friendly and economical sources of irrigation - Enhancing the productivity and sustainability of family farming for climate-resilient farming systems - Supporting youth and ensuring the sustainability of family farming across generations - Socio-economic inclusion, resilience, and well-being of family farmers and rural households and communities. Features of the project :
 •           Clean, affordable water for irrigation.
 •           Producing vital fertilizers to improve soil quality.
 •           Producing low-cost protein-rich animal feeds.
 •           Services for farmers (consultations, awareness-raising, training, and field checkups).
 •           Ease of operation and maintenance of the system.
 •           The system can be easily adapted to the size of the farm. •           It does not require energy or any chemicals.
 •           The system is sustainable and can be recycled and reused. •           Use of technology for continuous checkups and monitoring of the quality of both water and agriculture
 •           Minimal water waste

Scalability of Project:

 

• The project participated in several international and local events and had a strong impact in terms of the idea and creative solutions that contribute to solving water problems in various regions of the world.
• The project has received many focused courses on project development and how to develop the project to include many pollutants that need to be removed in environmentally friendly ways. Work is currently underway to develop new creative methods.
• Several countries were visited, including the Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey, and the possibility of developing the project was studied as to how to benefit from it in the treatment of wastes present in the water and difficult to treat by traditional methods.
• Through visits and training with various institutions in the fields of environment, water, and agriculture, these opportunities were exploited for marketing and expansion in many areas suffering from pollution crises in the water sector.
• The number of Customers now 500 and we are launch mobile apps for the project to gain 10000 customers
• The vision of the project is to deliver water to every home for the sake of health and food security for all, because good water means a safe and stable life

 

 Sustainability Plan:

 

• Producing new products with new specifications
• Expansion in global markets
• Integration of technology by launching an application for the product that contributes to the provision of services anywhere in the world
• Corporate work with new organizations
• Entering the investment market and bringing in investments for new products

 

 

1          The project participated in several international and local events and had a strong impact in terms of the idea and creative solutions that contribute to solving water problems in various regions of the world.

2          The project has received many focused courses on project development and how to develop the project to include many pollutants that need to be removed in environmentally friendly ways. Work is currently underway to develop new creative methods.

3          Several countries were visited, including the Netherlands, Italy, and Turkey, and the possibility of developing the project was studied as to how to benefit from it in the treatment of wastes present in the water and difficult to treat by traditional methods.

4          Through visits and training with various institutions in the fields of environment, water, and agriculture, these opportunities were exploited for marketing and expansion in many areas suffering from pollution crises in the water sector.

5          The number of Customers is now 500 and we launch mobile apps for the project to gain 10000 customers

6          The vision of the project is to deliver water to every home for the sake of health and food security for all because good water means a safe and stable life