Thursday, February 23, 2017

Some good water conservation models

It is severe drought this year and water is very precious now. Conserving rain water and farming without irrigation always attracts me, since that is the sustainable way.

See the video in which Mr. Varghese Tharakan cultivates banana and rubber, just using rain water. He has taken deep trenches in the farm and even the water in the walking path is directed to the trenches, effectively not a single drop of rain water flows away from his farm. He has around 2000 bananas and gets very good yield.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GnAuxXd3Bt8

This is an article about the farm of Raghava in Davengere, Karnataka. He has taken trenches and also has cover crop and mixed farming so that no soil is exposed to sun. His farm has water just 8 feet depth.

https://www.facebook.com/notes/jivabhumi/jivabhumis-farm-diary-aikanthika-raghavas-natural-farm/1449952195030242

Farm of Mathai M Mathews where he has made 40 trenches which is 6 feet depth and filled with mulch. Humas created holds lot of water and provides water in the summer.

http://farming-experiments.blogspot.in/2013/11/meeting-mathai-mathews-zero-budget.html

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