Teshome Soressa we are working with ultra poor small holding farmers in India. They survive on rainwater for irrigation and cropping. But in last 10 years the rain pattern is badly erratic. whole years rain falls within 20 days. This causes crop loss, water logging and farmers lose all their rainy period income. In winter and summer they do have water for irrigation. so they lose winter crop. Thus our poor farmers are not able to survive in agriculture. And they are not able to have a single crop either in winter, summer or rainy period. To Answer their needs we have developed an unique process called BHUNGROO. It is world bank, USAID, UKAID, UNFCCC awarded innovation (www.naireetaservices.com). BHUNGROO is trying to do following services to the farmers- a. in excess or erratic rain period we catch hold of those plots, which are inundated. Based upon proper geophysical assessment we identify the right subsoil storage locations of excess rainwater. then filter rainwater and store that excess rainwater underground at different depths. b. in winter and summer time we lift that stored water and supply that water to the farmers, who are not having any irrigation facility. Thus those lands which was not able to give any crop in dry season as well as rainy period - we make those lands productive from day one. Will love to share more. T; @BHUNGROO Skype; biplabkp, biplabkp@gmail.com www.naireetaservices.com
Published by Biplab Ketan Paul, Ashoka Fellow and Social Entrepreneur
Teshome Soressa we are working with ultra poor small holding farmers in India. They survive on rainwater for irrigation and cropping. But in last 10 years the rain pattern is badly erratic. whole years rain falls within 20 days. This causes crop loss, water logging and farmers lose all their rainy period income. In winter and summer they do have water for irrigation. so they lose winter crop. Thus our poor farmers are not able to survive in agriculture. And they are not able to have a single crop either in winter, summer or rainy period. To Answer their needs we have developed an unique process called BHUNGROO. It is world bank, USAID, UKAID, UNFCCC awarded innovation (www.naireetaservices.com).
BHUNGROO is trying to do following services to the farmers- a. in excess or erratic rain period we catch hold of those plots, which are inundated. Based upon proper geophysical assessment we identify the right subsoil storage locations of excess rainwater. then filter rainwater and store that excess rainwater underground at different depths. b. in winter and summer time we lift that stored water and supply that water to the farmers, who are not having any irrigation facility. Thus those lands which was not able to give any crop in dry season as well as rainy period - we make those lands productive from day one. Will love to share more. T; @BHUNGROO Skype; biplabkp, biplabkp@gmail.com www.naireetaservices.com