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The idea of a low-cost poly-house came to our mind in 2004 when Pradan initiated the implementation of land and water-based livelihood activities in the Mayurbhanj Team, with support from India Canada Environment Facility (ICEF). One of our major focusses, in this project, was to increase family incomes by providing individual irrigation infrastructure to each family through the construction of small farm ponds (average size 40 x 50 ft) and dug wells. Our most successful intervention, in terms of addressing land-based livelihoods, was pond-based agriculture. Within three years of the project, 570 families in 11 villages benefitted from the construction of 500 ponds and 25 dug wells. This intervention really changed the cropping pattern of the area from mono-crop paddy to vegetable cultivation on a large scale. An awareness of the change that had taken place was best expressed by a man in a local market, “Aji kali Karanjia re panipariba Pradan pain sabudine milu paruchhi” (Now-a-days vegetables are always available in Karanjia because of Pradan).
 
  
  
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The climate of Karanjia is best suited for vegetable cultivation. The temperature starts falling from July onwards. People prefer to grow cole crops such as cabbage and cauliflower in early kharif, which starts from end of July.
 
  
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Karanjia has good market linkages with Jamshedpur in Jharkhand and the coastal areas of Orissa. Middlemen from Jamshedpur and Anandpur in Keonjhar district and other coastal areas come directly to Karanjia to buy vegetables such as cabbages, cauliflowers, pumpkins, etc. In a season, farmers earn Rs 8,000 to Rs 10,000 through the sale of these cole crops. However, the nurseries for these cole crops often suffer due to heavy rains and to insect and pest infestations. This leads to losses and disappointment among the farmers.  
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To surmount these problems, our team initially thought of building portable poly-houses for individual families. We had been taught the concept of poly-house in the agriculture colleges that some of us had attended. A poly-house is a structure made of polyvinyl sheet. It is low-cost because the wood and bamboo and other materials used, barring the polyvinyl sheet, can be found locally.  
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The advantages of a poly-house are several. Plants can be grown as per the requirement, irrespective of the weather conditions, because it is a closed structure. The covering of polyvinyl sheets protects seedlings from insect and pest attack to a great extent, ensuring the production of healthy seedlings. Plants grow faster inside the structure because the temperature remains a little higher inside the poly-house, even when it is cooler outside.
 
  
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Our team first made an arch-shaped bamboo frame covered with polyvinyl sheets. The frame was used to cover the bed and could be lifted for irrigation. One poly-house covered one bed with a capacity of a 1,000 seedlings. Initially, the farmers were excited about this structure. However, they faced some problems with this design. Strong winds blew away or damaged the portable polyvinyl cover because it was so light. Second, owing to the small enclosed space and height of the poly-house, there was an increase in the humidity and temperature inside resulting in the damping off of young seedlings. Damping off is a common fungal disease, which attacks seedlings, weakening the stems at the soil level. Infected seedlings usually die. Third, the frequent lifting of the frame for irrigation, and its being blown away occasionally by wind, resulted in the seedlings being highly vulnerable to infestation by pests.
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Our team then designed a structure, 5 ft high, that covered two nursery beds, so that during irrigation there would be no need to lift the frame. The attempt was to ensure that it would not be easily blown away by the wind; the humidity would be less and, therefore, there would be lesser chances of the damping off of young seedlings; and the beds could be irrigated without lifting the structure, thereby limiting the entry of insects and pests. However, this structure too got damaged in very windy conditions and the humidity could not be controlled much due to poor ventilation. These experiences lead the team making further changes in the design of the low cost poly-house.
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Umakanta Khandei, a graduate of Patbil village, who lives with his six-member family, was trained by the Mayurbhanj team to function as a Village Level Expert (VLE) for the Land and Water Development Samiti in the Hindusahi hamlet of Patbil. The close exposure to the activities being carried out by the hamlet-level association, under our project with ICEF, kindled his entrepreneurial spark. He decided to take up intensive vegetable nursery farming, using improved practices. With our guidance, he built a 600-sq-ft poly-house, investing about Rs 11,000, to provide greenhouse cover for vegetable seedlings. He grew 40,000 quality vegetable seedlings in one batch, free of infestation by insects and pests. The production of seedlings in the poly-house took lesser time, that is, 15-20 days, than the usual 20-30 days. The produce was assured, even if there were adverse weather conditions such as rain and very low temperatures. Farmers from Patbil and the nearby villages now purchase seedlings from him. He earns about Rs 1,500 per month from this. He has also started raising cashew seedlings. In the second year of the project, he earned about Rs 15,000 from selling cashew seedlings. He now plans to branch out into producing various horticulture saplings such as mango, drumsticks and so on.
 
  
 
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[[file:Rainwater-harvesting.png|center|thumb|200px|Rainwater harvesting]]
  
  
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This Article was initiated by [[User:Maud|Maud]] 09:16, 13 July 2009 (UTC), howtopedia. <br>
 
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Latest revision as of 19:04, 27 August 2010

The objective of howtopedia is the collection, translation and promotion of high quality practical information focussing on essential simple technologies and knowledge for development:

  • Simple technologies that can be achieved at minimal cost, use local materials, require minimal skills, are easy to understand and maintain, protect the environment, and comply with the principle of sustainability;
  • Practical knowledge is knowledge that is concrete, solution-oriented, field related and helps users to acquire new skills.

The scope of howtopedia reaches from rural to urban development: agriculture, water, energy, waste management, construction, small businesses, community, education, and health information.

If you would like to take part in the project:

  1. Please apply by filling in the form here or contact us at info (@) howtopedia.org with your name, qualification, affiliated organisation or article proposal to receive a user name and password. We will be happy to answer your questions and to suggest ways and topics where you can help.
  2. Browse through the library and check if there are already articles on similar topics, and evaluate whether it is necessary to create a new article, or whether it would be better to edit and add information to an existing article.
  3. Alternatively, go to the category Stub to find articles that are in need of improvements.
  4. After creating or choosing a target article from the main chapters, copy this article with its syntax from the editing window (click on edit above the article) and paste it in the editing window of your future article.
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PLEASE DO YOUR FIRST TRY IN THE SANDBOX


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How To .....

Short Description

  • Problem:
  • Idea:
  • Difficulty:
  • Price Range:
  • Material Needed:
  • Geographic Area:
  • Competencies:
  • How Many people?
  • How Long does it take?

Description

Write here the description of the technology and the steps needed to achieve the goal. It should be recipe like, instructional in nature. If there are several possible approaches to achieve the same outcome or activity, think about dividing the article. In the instance where there are so many different possibilities, it may well be that this technology needs a special section of its own. Try to be as clear as possible, use relatively simple terms, or give the definition of complicated words: not everybody who reads (or writes) English is a native speaker!


Difficulties

Don't forget to point out any difficulties, even potential dangers if they exist.

  • Are there some parts that can't be replaced? Are there some difficult manoeuvres?
  • Some difficulties might appear with the new good or the new common good; try to address such themes as management of the new good, repairs, acceptance and reaction of the community. Does the technology ask for a cultural change?
  • If you think any information needs special attention and should be distributed only under certain circumstances, consider:
  1. Not distributing it at all; and/or
  2. Warning us about the potential dangers of an article at warn@howtopedia.org.

Success Story

Success stories are very important because they illustrate precisely how a technology or know-how have been adopted by certain people and can demonstrate the ways in which the technology or know-how have changed people's lives. The story should be genuine and must also show the challenges that had to be overcome. Remember that you are not selling a product; rather, you are trying to give someone the tools so that each person can decide if a technology is an appropriate solution to their problem or not.

Plans, Illustrations, Posters

  • Try to provide the clearest illustrations possible. Imagine them being photocopied 5 times and what's left of them after that! The best illustrations and diagrams are well drawn or computer made black and white line drawings.
  • Place letters on the illustrations to provide legends. Please aim to do this in several languages possible, or provide universally understood symbols.
  • Try to provide precise plans, but keep in mind a reader should be able to adapt the design to various possible methods.
  • Ask yourself if a poster might be a good means for communicating the know-how. Leave some space for translations of the poster into local languages, or make a blank version of the poster.
  • We will try to raise a community of illustrators to help by the illustrations, but try to make at least a template for the start, so that this template can be later refined as required.

Rainwater harvesting

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Rainwater harvesting


Help topic on images: [1]

Contacts

There are the real people behind the technologies. That is to say you. It is important to us that the technologies are not left "alone", but that visitors are able to have a chance to contact a specialist to follow up more specific information and to have their questions answered. This makes it important that you are willing to provide accessible contact details.

Reference

You can find the original of this article at asdfghjkl.pdf
This article also refers to asdfghjkl 2.pdf

Contributions

This Article was initiated by Maud 09:16, 13 July 2009 (UTC), howtopedia.
M. Mitch, 13:40, Jan 14, 2009 (UTC)
V. Vople, 13:40, Jan 14, 2010 (UTC)
J. Johnson, 13:40, Jan 14, 2011 (UTC)
F. Tepper, Flickety 07:44, 18 November 2009 (UTC)


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Related articles

  • Mention here the other howtopedia articles that relate to the subject.

Name them exactly the same as the original title so that redirection functions.

  • And link your article to its translation in another language: [[fr:Modèle]] this will appear in the left side bar.

Categories

  • Add or choose from those categories (that is to say, one or more themes for which this article is relevant), so that it can be recognized in these categories, and quickly found by users.

Write them this way [[category:Example]].

  • If you create a new category, please add it here in this template article, so that the new category can be used by others. Category:Image editing
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