INVENTOR’S IRRIGATION PUMPS HELP LIFT AFRICAN FARMERS OUT OF POVERTY
KickStart Co-Founder Martin Fisher Receives
$100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability
Cambridge, Mass. (April 23, 2008) – Dr. Martin Fisher is transforming the lives of thousands of poor African farmers through a combination of technological invention and system-wide business development. In collaboration with his co-workers, Fisher, the 2008 recipient of the Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability, has already enabled over 310,000 people to rise out of poverty.
Fisher will accept his award and present his accomplishments to the public at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology during the second-annual EurekaFest, a multi-day celebration of the inventive spirit, June 25-28, presented by the Lemelson-MIT Program.
Cambridge, Mass. (April 23, 2008) – Dr. Martin Fisher is transforming the lives of thousands of poor African farmers through a combination of technological invention and system-wide business development. In collaboration with his co-workers, Fisher, the 2008 recipient of the 
