During last
few years, due to climate change and increase of water use, In Central Asia and
in Southern Kyrgyzstan has emerged problems of water deficiency. In order to
address these problems, Swiss organization, HELVETAS and Mehr-Shavkat have
launched the project “Effective Use of Water” (SEP in Kyrgyz) The project aims
to educate local farmers and population about effective use of available water
resources.
Yesterday,
according to this project, a demonstration day have been organized on fields of
Aravan district. Farmers of Nooken village from Jalal-Abad have arrived to
Aravan for taking part in this event. There were 18 participant guests,
representatives of Helvetas, men, women and youth.
Nooken village farmers, Djalal-Abad oblast
The day has
started by greeting of guests and introduction of the day’s agenda. After
breakfast, everybody went to field where they learned about new methods of
growing various agricultural plants, with help of which farmers can gain two
harvests in one season. Except these, guest learned about new method of growing
rice. According to Madarakhimov Muhammadsulton, agriculture expert of our
organization, traditional method of growing rice has become inefficient and it
costs more for farmers. New method lets to grow rice in ordinary land ridge and
it requires less water and financial expenses.
Madrakhimov Muhammadsultan, agriculture expert of Mehr-Shavkat, telling about new method of growing rice
Learning about new methods of growing beans
Cucumber growing greenhouse
Muhammadsultan is telling about drip irrigation method
Except rice
fields, the farmers also visited on fields of watermelons, cottons, and beans
where they learned about effective methods of water use. After lunch, the
guests have visited local greenhouse. There they have learned about drip
irrigation method. Then, after learning about the greenhouse, the farmers and
Makhamadsultan discussed advantages and disadvantages of this method. As the
guests have noted, drip irrigation have many plusses than minuses. At the end of
the day conclusions have been made and participants of event made remarks that
the visits were very useful and they are eager to use gained knowledge in
practice.
In order to learn more about Effective Water Use project, you may watch the following video shot by Helvetas:
