No. 46, Fall/Winter 1999
Tools for Small Farmers

The man who farms water: Site plan of Mr. Phiri's farm

KEY: Granite dome Unmortared stone walls Reservoir Fence with unmortared stone wall Swale/terrace Outdoor wash basin Chickens and turkeys run freely in courtyard Traditional round houses with thatched roofs Main house with vine-covered cistern and ramada Open ferro-cement cistern Kraal--cattle and goats Courtyard garden Swale Dirt road Thatch grass and thick vegetation Fruition pit in large swale Crops Dense grasses Well with hand pump Donkey pump Open unmortared wells Reeds and sugar cane Dense banana grove (Illustration by Silvia Rayces from a drawing by Brad Lancaster)

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