INTRODUCING ONE SAMPLE OF IDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF QANATS WATER CONTROLLING IN YAZD PROVINCE ( MORE DUAL-PURPOSE CULTIVATION FOR AQUIFER MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION)

Farmer of yazd province have innovated some scientific and worthy methods for water controling , because of its shrotage. This indigenous knowledge is the cause to keeping of rural areas, for example there had been created barrier and canals to convey water form seasonal rivers to marginal lands. This subject was studied in Sanige valley , yazd . there are 22 inhabited villages so that in 12 of them , this methed has been used with dual – purpose cultivating in spring and qanat aquifer recharge- in this study the cultivation and qanat aquifer recharge were surveyed in 12 above samples . At the result the villagers were building small barriers across river and conveying water to the wide lands for the cultiration in the spring in previous years. In this utilizing additional to producing product , the down aquifer recharge was also considered , sloping and permeable lands have been cultivated as circular Qolam (morei) with encourage owner and share farmer in spring season. in this way the lands dominant over qanat aquifer will be recharged and it will help water introducing along the summer . In fact there was a kind of water controling through the cultivated strategy that has caused continuation of qanats and fountanis.

INTRODUCING ONE SAMPLE OF IDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE OF QANATS WATER CONTROLLING IN YAZD PROVINCE ( MORE DUAL-PURPOSE CULTIVATION FOR AQUIFER MANAGEMENT AND PRODUCTION) Keywords:

aquifer management , Idigenous Knowledge , agricultural , village , permeability , cultirated strategy