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Bamboo drip irrigation system
Introduction
For more than 200 years tribal farmers of the north-eastern part of India, in the state of Megalaya, have been using an indigenous technique of bamboo drip irrigation to irrigate their plantation crops. These farmers of the Jaintia and Khasi hill areas have developed this system of tapping springs and stream water to grow betal leaves, black pepper and arecanut (3).
Terrain and water availability
The topology of the region is hilly with steep slopes and rock boulders. The soil depth on these hills is low and has poor water retention capacity (1). Though the region gets plenty of rain during the monsoon season, irrigation becomes a necessity during the dry season. The terrain imposes a challenge in bringing the water from distant water sources to the plantations. Diverting water through ground channels is not possible. Faced with this need for water, and the challenges imposed by the terrain, the tribal farmers came up with this unique irrigation system.
https://youtubewatch?v=VSDhUp1eZD0
Bamboo Irrigation in Meghalaya (Duration 0:25:35)
Mechanism
The bamboo drip irrigation system is based on gravity and the steep slopes facilitate in implementing it (1). Water from an uphill source is tapped and brought to the plantation by a main bamboo channel. Usually these water sources are far off from the plantations and the main bamboo channel runs hundreds of meters — in some cases even few kilometers. The water is then regulated through a complex bamboo network of secondary and tertiary channels to all the parts and corners of a plantation, right up to the bottom of the hill.
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Bamboo drip irrigation
Introduction
For more than 200 years tribal farmers of the north-eastern part of India, in the state of Megalaya, have been using an indigenous technique of bamboo drip irrigation to irrigate their plantation crops. These farmers of the Jaintia and Khasi hill areas have developed this system of tapping springs and stream water to grow betal leaves, black pepper and arecanut (3).
Terrain and water availability
The topology of the region is hilly with steep slopes and rock boulders. The soil depth on these hills is low and has poor water retention capacity (1). Though the region gets plenty of rain during the monsoon season, irrigation becomes a necessity during the dry season. The terrain imposes a challenge in bringing the water from distant water sources to the plantations. Diverting water through ground channels is not possible. Faced with this need for water, and the challenges imposed by the terrain, the tribal farmers came up with this unique irrigation system.
https://youtubewatch?v=VSDhUp1eZD0
Bamboo Irrigation in Meghalaya (Duration 0:25:35)
Mechanism
The bamboo drip irrigation system is based on gravity and the steep slopes facilitate in implementing it (1). Water from an uphill source is tapped and brought to the plantation by a main bamboo channel. Usually these water sources are far off from the plantations and the main bamboo channel runs hundreds of meters — in some cases even few kilometers. The water is then regulated through a complex bamboo network of secondary and tertiary channels to all the parts and corners of a plantation, right up to the bottom of the hill.
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Bamboo drip irrigation system
Introduction
For more than 200 years tribal farmers of the north-eastern part of India, in the state of Megalaya, have been using an indigenous technique of bamboo drip irrigation to irrigate their plantation crops. These farmers of the Jaintia and Khasi hill areas have developed this system of tapping springs and stream water to grow betal leaves, black pepper and arecanut (3).
Terrain and water availability
The topology of the region is hilly with steep slopes and rock boulders. The soil depth on these hills is low and has poor water retention capacity (1). Though the region gets plenty of rain during the monsoon season, irrigation becomes a necessity during the dry season. The terrain imposes a challenge in bringing the water from distant water sources to the plantations. Diverting water through ground channels is not possible. Faced with this need for water, and the challenges imposed by the terrain, the tribal farmers came up with this unique irrigation system.
https://youtubewatch?v=VSDhUp1eZD0
Bamboo Irrigation in Meghalaya (Duration 0:25:35)
Mechanism
The bamboo drip irrigation system is based on gravity and the steep slopes facilitate in implementing it (1). Water from an uphill source is tapped and brought to the plantation by a main bamboo channel. Usually these water sources are far off from the plantations and the main bamboo channel runs hundreds of meters — in some cases even few kilometers. The water is then regulated through a complex bamboo network of secondary and tertiary channels to all the parts and corners of a plantation, right up to the bottom of the hill.
