DIY Automatic Pitcher Irrigation - food security for smallholders

DIY automatic pitcher irrigation may facilitate food security for thousands of smallholders.

• Unpowered
• For the same yield, pitcher irrigation uses less water than any other irrigation system
• Gravity feed from any water source (no pump required)
• An unlimited range of crops (fruit, vegetables, grains) can be irrigated at the same time
• Water usage responds automatically to changes in the weather and the crop requirements
• The smallholder may leave their plot unattended for months on end
• To facilitate food security, the smallholder can sell or exchange their produce at the market

CONTENTS:

1.         Introduction                                                                                                                 page 2

2.         How to make DIY very low cost pitchers                                                                   page 3

3.         DIY soil moisture probe                                                                                              page 4

4.         DIY storage container with float valve                                                                        page 5

5.         Radius of the wetting zone                                                                                         page 5

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Taxonomy

• Irrigation
• Irrigation Design
• Irrigation Systems
• Micro Irrigation
• Precision irrigation