Timenkar_2025_May_3
Why this photo?
This is a typical landscape of the plateau associated with water capture (from the river) and irrigation. This is where fruit trees and summer crops (maIze, vegetables...) are grown for human and animal feed for the winter period (hay, silage).
Question/Answer
Q: what are the agricultural species grown in this landscape ? A: fruit and nut trees, vegetables, maize...
Q: which is the key natural resource used for this diversified cropping system ? A: water which is captured in the river, brought to fields and distributed with surface irrigation.
Q: how would you represent this landscape in the Timenkar plateau system? A: as a subsystem in interaction with the village and with the rainfed landscapes itself composed of different crops for human and animal feeding.
Q: which is the key natural resource used for this diversified cropping system ? A: water which is captured in the river, brought to fields and distributed with surface irrigation.
Q: how would you represent this landscape in the Timenkar plateau system? A: as a subsystem in interaction with the village and with the rainfed landscapes itself composed of different crops for human and animal feeding.