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Cesar Portocarrero left a comment for HENRY JIMENEZ"Hi Henry
Very glad to talk about your question. I worked with rural communities and the main lesson that I learned from that experience was that even though we are trying to look for an adaptation way improving the irrigation system in countries…"
HENRY JIMENEZ commented on Tim Magee's group Adapting to Climate Change"Hi all:
Does anybody have experience introducing adaptation practices to rural communnitties?
Thanks,
Henry"
HENRY JIMENEZ commented on Tim Magee's group Adapting to Climate Change"The situation that comments Bikas, for me is just adaptation to a new living style. This is becomming common in my country since years ago, when farmer and rural population are living agricultural fields to the main cities, looking for more…"
HENRY JIMENEZ commented on Tim Magee's group Adapting to Climate Change"Hi, I´m Henry from Colombia. Nice to be participating in this group.
I want to stand out the importance of the education in the climate change adaptation projects and policies."
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The seminar topics are very interesting and challenging for every body.
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Tim Magee left a comment for HENRY JIMENEZ"Hello Henry!
Thank you for joining our new development community—and welcome.
CSDi course participants had quite bit to say about what this network was about.
I’m looking forward to seeing you join some groups and…"
HENRY JIMENEZ commented on Dr Gursharan Singh Kainth's blog post Water Security and Climate Change: Challenges and Strategies"I´m just joining this group. I come from Colombia in South America, I´m agricultural engineer, working at the University of Valle in hydrology, water resources management and watersheds studies."
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- At 9:30pm on April 28, 2011, Cesar Portocarrero said…
Very glad to talk about your question. I worked with rural communities and the main lesson that I learned from that experience was that even though we are trying to look for an adaptation way improving the irrigation system in countries like mine where small farmers which are more of 80% of the water users, use 5 or 7 times the aoumnt of water needed for their irrigation, they in many cases refuses to uses for instance the drip irrigation systems. Some NGOs installed many improved irrigation systems but after the tachnicians left the work area, the locals take all the parts of the irrigation system and keep in their store rooms and again they go back to their old system.
In that case what we made was to start the project but oriented to the whole agriculture process, I mean to analyze the soil first, to check which nutriens are missing, to look for certificate seeds, to plant the seeds, and in the middle covertly we put the drip irrigation system. Small farmers use to say I want to see the harvest, if it is ok then your work is good, no matter the many ingredients you put in the process, but if the harvest is not good or fail then they consider that your work was not good.
Fortunately we got very good harvest and crops and I think the small farmers believes at least something.
Best regards
Cesar
- At 9:28pm on April 28, 2011, Cesar Portocarrero said…
Hi Henry
Very glad to talk about your question. I worked with rural communities and the main lesson that I learned from that experience was that even though we are trying to look for an adaptation way improving the irrigation system in countries like mine where small farmers which are more of 80% of the water users, they in many cases refuses to uses for instance the drip irrigation systems. Some NGOs installed many improved irrigation systems but after the tachnicians left the work area, the locals take all the parts of the irrigation system and keep in their store rooms and again they go back to their old system.
In that case what we made was to start the project but oriented to the whole agriculture process, I mean to analyze the soil first, to check which nutriens are missing, to look for certificate seeds, to plant the seeds, and in the middle covertly we put the drip irrigation system. Small farmers use to say I want to see the harvest, if it is ok then your work is good, no matter the many ingredients you put in the process, but if the harvest is not good or fail then they consider that your work was not good.
Fortunately we got very good harvest and crops and I think the small farmers believes at least something.
Best regards
Cesar
- At 11:03am on March 17, 2011, Tim Magee said…
Hello Henry!
Thank you for joining our new development community—and welcome.
CSDi course participants had quite bit to say about what this network was about.
I’m looking forward to seeing you join some groups and enter some discussions.
Would it be possible for you to upload a real photo—they are a little friendlier than icons? Thanks!
I also look forward to collaborating with a new friend from Colombia.
Thanks again!
Tim Magee
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