The location of productive garden is higher than the location of spring source. Therefor, to irrigate the water from the spring to the garden, hydram technology is used under a consideration of low operational fund.
Installation steps of Hydram pump project ;
Measuring the distance between spring source and productive garden.
Measuring the elevation from spring source and productive garden
Water need Volume.
Hydram Pump installation project is started shortly after learning all the steps above. All these process involve local community (32 members of productive garden). This hydram project can fulfill 1,3 acre of productive garden water need .
Unused spring in Lidamanu Village
Irrigation Canal in Lidamanu Village
Hydram Pipe
Hydram Pump Installation Process
Hydram Pump Installation Process
Productive Garden Water Tank
The watering of horticultural plants using water from hydram pump
TLM Foundation has been assisting Nekmese Village, South Amarasi Sub-district, Kupang District, through the Foundation’s assisted village community development program since 2016. The existing development programs are productive gardens, village and community governance training on Village Law No. 6 2014, and community training. One of the activities in the community training program is the development of home industries targeting housewives who have potential to produce horticultural products such as chili, banana, corn etc. The purposes of this activity are; to improve the skills of housewives’ horticultural products management, to create a home-based industry by groups, and increase income and local ecomony. … Continue reading
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