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Language: English
English
Language:
Version: 2011
2011
Version:
Session 8:
8: Using
Using water
water
Session
rationally
rationally
Corresponding principle:
Principle 4.
Water conservation
©2009 Rainforest Alliance
Do you use water on your farm?
• Irrigation of the farm
• Irrigation of the nursery
• Houses
• Pack house
• Coffee mill
etc.
Wasting water
• Leakages from the equipment
• Irrigation by flooding the field
• Loss by evaporation
• Over-irrigation
etc.
Corresponding
criterion:
4.3
If you continue wasting water…
• Ground water getting exhausted
• Stream dried up
• Wells dried up
• Eventually, your farm dried up
Reducing the use of water
Corresponding
criterion:
• Fixing leakages
• Monitoring how much water you are using
• Observing your soil, and apply only the
necessary quantity
4.3
Corresponding
criterion:
Reducing the use of water
4.1, 4.2
• Using an irrigation system that economize
water (e.g. drip irrigation)
• Getting a legal permit for extraction
Flood
irrigation
Drip
irrigation
Corresponding
criterion:
Recycling water
4.1
Optional videos
You can find the following optional videos as
“Attachments” to this course.
• Recycling of water at a coffee mill (in
Spanish)
• Recycling of water at a coffee mill (in
Portuguese)
©2009 Rainforest Alliance
Collecting rain water
• For domestic use, irrigation etc.
• For drinking after treatment (boiling, filtering
etc.)
Summary
Monitoring
your water
use
Reduce the irrigation
based on the soil
condition
Fixing
leakages
Irrigation system
that economizes
economize
that
water
Collecting rain
water
Getting
Getting a
a legal
legal
permit
permit for
for
extraction
9
The
The Rainforest
Rainforest Alliance
Alliance works
works to
to conserve
conserve biodiversity
biodiversity and
and ensure
ensure sustainable
sustainable livelihoods
livelihoods
by
transforming
land-use
practices,
business
practices
and
consumer
behavior.
by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.
English
Language:
Version: 2011
2011
Version:
Session 8:
8: Using
Using water
water
Session
rationally
rationally
Corresponding principle:
Principle 4.
Water conservation
©2009 Rainforest Alliance
Do you use water on your farm?
• Irrigation of the farm
• Irrigation of the nursery
• Houses
• Pack house
• Coffee mill
etc.
Wasting water
• Leakages from the equipment
• Irrigation by flooding the field
• Loss by evaporation
• Over-irrigation
etc.
Corresponding
criterion:
4.3
If you continue wasting water…
• Ground water getting exhausted
• Stream dried up
• Wells dried up
• Eventually, your farm dried up
Reducing the use of water
Corresponding
criterion:
• Fixing leakages
• Monitoring how much water you are using
• Observing your soil, and apply only the
necessary quantity
4.3
Corresponding
criterion:
Reducing the use of water
4.1, 4.2
• Using an irrigation system that economize
water (e.g. drip irrigation)
• Getting a legal permit for extraction
Flood
irrigation
Drip
irrigation
Corresponding
criterion:
Recycling water
4.1
Optional videos
You can find the following optional videos as
“Attachments” to this course.
• Recycling of water at a coffee mill (in
Spanish)
• Recycling of water at a coffee mill (in
Portuguese)
©2009 Rainforest Alliance
Collecting rain water
• For domestic use, irrigation etc.
• For drinking after treatment (boiling, filtering
etc.)
Summary
Monitoring
your water
use
Reduce the irrigation
based on the soil
condition
Fixing
leakages
Irrigation system
that economizes
economize
that
water
Collecting rain
water
Getting
Getting a
a legal
legal
permit
permit for
for
extraction
9
The
The Rainforest
Rainforest Alliance
Alliance works
works to
to conserve
conserve biodiversity
biodiversity and
and ensure
ensure sustainable
sustainable livelihoods
livelihoods
by
transforming
land-use
practices,
business
practices
and
consumer
behavior.
by transforming land-use practices, business practices and consumer behavior.