Food Unit - Jamalpur: Local Scheme Flashcards
1
Q
Percentage of income from agriculture:
A
Over 57%
2
Q
What are most farmers:
A
Subsistence
3
Q
Main crops:
A
rice, jute, and wheat
4
Q
What charity:
A
Practical Action
5
Q
im of scheme:
A
Increase income and improve nutrition
6
Q
How fish help rice:
A
- Fertilise it with droppings
- Eat pests
- Circulate O2 in water
7
Q
Increase in yields:
A
10%
8
Q
Main advantages:
A
- Protein source
- Surplus of food to sell, increasing incomes, so better QoL
- Sustainable method
- Farmers work together, improves QoL through social wellbeing
9
Q
Construction:
A
- Dyke, 0.6m tall
- Ditch dug for fish to live in
- Rice planted, and ditch is filled with wter
- Water is purified with lime and organic fertiliser
- As rice grows, water level increased and fingerlings released
- Fish released into ditch, and water level is raised as fish+rice grow
10
Q
Harvest:
A
- 4-5 months later
- Rice harvested first, then rice field is drained
- Fish can now easily be caught
