Water Harvesting Methods
In our Agriculture for Everybody blog series, we will see the different types of Water Harvesting Methods from a farmland point of view. We will highlight each one of them and anybody wishes to implement them can look for more detailed information elsewhere. Trenches Trenches need to be created against the flow of the water to get maximum benefit Trenches are best suited water harvesting method where plants or trees are the main crops. For eg, Coconut Tree Plantations, Mango Tree Plantations etc Trenches can be created in between the rows of the Trees Swales = Continuous Contour Trenches Swales need to be created against the flow of the water to get maximum benefit Swales generally are bigger in size (in terms of width, depth & length) compared to trenches Swales are best suited water harvesting method where plants or trees are the main crops. For eg, Coconut Tree Plantations, Mango Tree Plantations etc Bunds Bunds are created around the b...