Submitted by waterteam on 25 October, 2012 - 12:51
The Miracle Water Village narrates the inspirational story of impoverished farming community in India that reversed its fortunes through its visionary model of water management.
This video explains the basics of water harvesting in dry areas. It starts with an introduction on runoff and soil erosion and continues with an explanation of a series of water harvesting techniques.
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Produced by: William Critchley, Chris Rey - Garton Film & Video
Year: 1988
Language: English, also available in French<
This video explains the basics of water harvesting in dry areas. It starts with an introduction on runoff and soil erosion and continues with an explanation of a series of water harvesting techniques.
More info:
Produced by: William Critchley, Chris Rey - Garton Film & Video
Year: 1988
Language: French, also available in English<
The last two decades have seen decreased investment in agricultural water Management (i.e. irrigation and drainage, water harvesting, soil and water conservation etc). This was mainly due to negative reports by bilateral donors, especially on poor performance of irrigation. This video report relates to a special category of schemes that were developed with unfairly high overheads and cost recovery that was unrealistic.
The last two decades have seen decreased investment in agricultural water Management (i.e. irrigation and drainage, water harvesting, soil and water conservation etc). This was mainly due to negative reports by bilateral donors, especially on poor performance of irrigation. This video report relates to a special category of schemes that were developed with unfairly high overheads and cost recovery that was unrealistic.
The last two decades have seen decreased investment in agricultural water Management (i.e. irrigation and drainage, water harvesting, soil and water conservation etc). This was mainly due to negative reports by bilateral donors, especially on poor performance of irrigation. This video report relates to a special category of schemes that were developed with unfairly high overheads and cost recovery that was unrealistic.
The last two decades have seen decreased investment in agricultural water Management (i.e. irrigation and drainage, water harvesting, soil and water conservation etc). This was mainly due to negative reports by bilateral donors, especially on poor performance of irrigation. This video report relates to a special category of schemes that were developed with unfairly high overheads and cost recovery that was unrealistic.
This film dispels such negative publicity by show-casing real farmers engaged in AWM, who once had problems /or were poor, but have overcome food insecurity / poverty due to interventions traceable to agricultural water.The last two decades have seen decreased investment in agricultural water Management (i.e. irrigation and drainage, water harvesting, soil and water conservation etc). This was mainly due to negative reports by bilateral donors, especially on poor performance of irrigation.
This film dispels such negative publicity by show-casing real farmers engaged in AWM, who once had problems /or were poor, but have overcome food insecurity / poverty due to interventions traceable to agricultural water.The last two decades have seen decreased investment in agricultural water Management (i.e. irrigation and drainage, water harvesting, soil and water conservation etc). This was mainly due to negative reports by bilateral donors, especially on poor performance of irrigation.
EcoDoc Africa visits rain water harvesting case studies at Potshini and Phuthaditjaba where the RWH is being implementedas a way of increasing food security for rural households, especially during
