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Pradip Dey's Blog – March 2010 Archive (56)

Guidelines for groundwater suitability for irrigation

Some of my friends wanted to know about ground water quality. Groundwater quality is grouped into seven cla**** based on electrical conductivity (EC), sodium adsorption ratio (SAR) and residual sodium carbonate (RSC) and the guidelines for suitability of irrigation are given…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 30, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Zinc deficiency in cereals and human health

Micronutrient deficiency and restricted bioavailability not only lead to poor growth and yield, but also affects human being who consume diet low in Fe and Zn. More than 3 billion people worldwide suffer from Fe and Zn deficiency and this is wide spread in those areas where population rely…

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How to minimize wastewater?

The most appropriate technique to minimize the wastewater is to segregate wastewater according to its quality. Segregation of gray water and reduced size of the flush cisterns could reduce the wastewater volume in the domestic sector to a manageable… Continue

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Carbon Sequestration and measures to enhance soil organic carbon

The principal way of carbon storage in soil is through formation of soil organic matter. Soil organic matter is a complex mixture of carbon compounds consisting of decomposed plant and animal tissues, microbial biomass and carbon associated…

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Compartmentalization of ideas will only weaken EVOKE

I have seen a danger of forming groups within EVOKE. I got one response from my fellow EVOKER to stop sending message about blogs written outside their own group(?). The mistake(?) from my side occurred when I replied to all in response to one of my INBOX message. Well, I must admit…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 30, 2010 at 10:10am — No Comments

How to sustain the tree plantation drive?

One of my fellows EVOKER replied in response to two of my blog posts about agroforestry who will pay for survival of trees planted in system. I…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 30, 2010 at 10:07am — 1 Comment

Food sovereignty- How to achieve?



This is a subject that I held to the core of my heart and hence I thought of taking this issue up today. Food sovereignty depends on many factors. Firstly,…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 29, 2010 at 11:30am — 5 Comments

Keep power crisis at bay

Power is the issue
That scratch many a head,
Power is wanting
How can I go to bed?
Power to be tapped
From sun and the sea,
From electromagnetic waves
And from tree-
Power to be harnessed
From the cosmic ray;
I promise to keep
Power crisis at bay,
For future generation
I'll connect the power way.

Added by Pradip Dey on March 29, 2010 at 10:57am — No Comments

Multiti-tier cropping system based on water availability

For laying out the fruit based multi-tier cropping system, suitable crop combinations should be decided based on the climatic and soil suitability, availability of irrigation facility and socio-economic requirements. For main crop, fruit…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 29, 2010 at 7:36am — No Comments

Fruit based multi-tier cropping system

The fruit based multi-tier cropping system is a self-sustainable system where solar energy can be harvested at different heights, soil resources can be efficiently used and cropping intensity is increased. The system consists of three main components viz. main crop, filler crop and inter crops which occupy three…

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Multiple use of water- the need of the hour

Water is one of the most precious natural resources after soil and these two resources provide the foundation for food, nutritional and livelihood security. The declining per capita water availability coupled with degrading land and water resources pose serious challenge to humanity and underscore the need for protection and efficient management. Multiple use of water is one option which has the potential to meet future demand for increasing productivity in the long term.



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Added by Pradip Dey on March 29, 2010 at 7:25am — 7 Comments

The show must go on!

I remember the challenge

And the provoke

That was offered ten years back

By the network called EVOKE.....…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 27, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

"We have to change the way we value and use water"

No human life without water

"We shall not finally defeat Aids, Tuberculosis, Malaria, or any other Infectious diseases that plague the developing world, until we have also won the battle for Safe Drinking Water, Sanitation and Basic Health Care" Kofi Annan, United Nations.

There is no human life without water. “By means of water” says the Koran, “we give life to everything.”

Water scarcity is one of the…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 27, 2010 at 10:13am — 4 Comments

Rainwater harvesting in watershed

Since watershed is a hydrologic unit and selected based on water flow in a land area, planning for rainwater harvesting can be done in a better way in a watershed as compared to any other type of geographic units. Direct falling rainwater, overland flow of runoff, lateral seepage flow (emerging within the watershed boundaries) can be stored in a reservoir formed due to…

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Drip irrigation--A water saving method

Drip irrigation is one of the most efficient irrigation methods for orchard and plantation crops where it saves 30-70 per cent irrigation water and increases yield by 25-80 per cent. Evidences from drip irrigation trials have clearly… Continue

Added by Pradip Dey on March 27, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Use of wastewater-points to ponder

Developed countries with surplus funds regard wastewater treatment as vital to protect human health, environment and prevent the pollution of surface water bodies such as lakes and rivers. But for most developing countries, this solution presents insurmountable problems and is…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 27, 2010 at 9:24am — No Comments

World Water Day-memorable pics

March 22nd is recognized by the United Nations Water Group as "World Water Day", this year's theme being "Clean Water for a Healthy World". Although we live on a water-covered planet, only 1% of the world's water is available for human use, the rest locked away in oceans, ice, and the atmosphere. The National Geographic Society feels so strongly about the issues around fresh water that they are…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 27, 2010 at 9:01am — No Comments

Solar lantern from locally sourced materials

Felix Mukobeko is Zambian, 29, single, and a recent participant at our micro-solar production set-up workshop in Mumbwa (a small town 150 km west of the Zambian capital of Lusaka).

Felix Mukubeku.JPG

Felix assembles a solar lantern from locally sourced…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 27, 2010 at 7:24am — 1 Comment

Meet Mrs Kabangahe for the reality of home lighting

Home-made kerosene lanternlowres.jpg In much of rural Zambia, communities depend heavily on either candles or home-made kerosene lanterns for their lighting needs (see picture to the left). On a recent field trip we came across one of these home-made lanterns.

Mrs Kabanta demonstrates the lanternlowres.jpg We met Mrs Elizabeth Kabanga, wife of the Village Headman in the Chibanga community, which…

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Added by Pradip Dey on March 27, 2010 at 7:16am — No Comments

Prototype charging stations in Zambia

Exciting times in Zambia where the team have designed and built the first prototype charging stations, which entrepreneurs will use to charge mobile phones. The ever-increasing popularity of mobile phones, coupled with limited access to electricity, should prove to be a recipe for commercial success for these stations, which have been sized to charge up to 20 phones a day.… Continue

Added by Pradip Dey on March 27, 2010 at 5:48am — No Comments

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