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Water, wit and wisdom
The search for the solution to the water cirisis


Water for food


In August 2003 a group comprising specialists from the department of agriculture, water experts, irrigation engineers and pipe manufactures assembled in the Kouebokkeveld some 300 kilometers north of Cape Town, South Africa, to view the most significant development in flood irrigation since the Sumerians 6,000 years ago.
  picture of group at filed


World Vision, an international relief and development agency is constantly searching for long term solutions to hunger.  Because provision of relief food is not a long term solution, World Vision sought help to provide farmers with a more efficient way of using limited supplies of water for irrigation.  A video  is now available for download.

Click here to play web version of video (load time 90 secs)


 Click here to download full video (70Mb), then view with Window's Media Player 

Download time approx 30 mins



Publications

 Word documents, allow time for downloading

Scheduling manual

 Shows how to measure crop factors and water holding capacity and use single and dual cycle irrigaton

Micro flood manual

 Shows how to install and operate the Micro flood system
How to get better growth from limited water
 Guide to the more effective use of water
IAA Paper
 Irriagtion Association of America - Paper on Micro Flood
Adaptive scheduling
 Guide to adaptive scheduling technology






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