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- From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
- To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts
- Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2010 23:38:33 -0500
Scott Pittman wrote:
I am also teaching a course for the Army National Guard to troops who are
going to Afghanistan to work with villagers on agriculture and other rural
tasks; I would appreciate any current information on Afghanistan weather,
soil, crops, animal husbandry, water and etc.
http://www.adb.org/Documents/Reports/Afghanistan/Agriculture/Rebuilding_Agriculture_Sector_AFG.pdf
This would be well worth reading. It contains Water Resource Management Matrix, a comprehensive goals assesment table:
Table headings:
1) Key Issue
2) Strategic Objective Indicator
3) Needs Assessment
Short Term Program (1-2 Years)
Medium Term Development Framework (2-5 Years)
4) Policy Agenda
Permaculture methods applied to water resources management would fit in perfectly here.
For agriculture: Keyline plowing, swales, berms, water impoundments
(pools, ponds, ditches, canals), aquaculture, greenhousing and aquaponics, season extension.
For potable and near-potable water resource management consider
rainfall earthworks-based catchment and purification with Living System and constructed wetlands. Benefits: clean irrigation water, replishment of aquifer (springs, wells), water for household washing and washing harvested crops, water for livestock. Rainfall catchment using non-earthen structures providing water for storage in cisterns for household and farm use, with additional purification (solar still, sand filter) for drinking and cooking.
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Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts,
Scott Pittman, 01/10/2010
- Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts, Darren Doherty, 01/10/2010
- Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/10/2010
- Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/10/2010
- Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/10/2010
- Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts, christopher nesbitt, 01/10/2010
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Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts,
Lawrence F. London, Jr., 01/10/2010
- Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts, Darren Doherty, 01/10/2010
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Re: [permaculture] Spanish Permaculture Handouts,
Scott Pittman, 01/10/2010
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