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<small-title />[[Image:Finger_pond_icon.png|right|80px]][[Image:Finger ponds.JPG|thumb|right|250px200px|Finger pond]][[Image:finger ponds2.jpg|thumb|right|250px200px|Nyangera fingerponds, Kenya. Photo: [http://www.unesco-ihe.org/Project-Activities/Project-Portfolio/Finger-Ponds-Enhancing-the-Natural-Productivity-of-Wetlands-and-Floodplains UNESCO-IHE]]]

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==Construction, operations and maintenance==

[[Image:finger pond stages1.jpg|thumb|right|250px200px|A diagrammatic sequence in the construction of fingerponds. (a) The land/swamp interface at the height of the dry season when water tables are at their lowest. Drawing: INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS.]][[Image:finger pond stages2.jpg|thumb|right|250px200px|A diagrammatic sequence in the construction of fingerponds. (b) The digging of the ponds and preparation of the

agricultural area when water levels are still low. Drawing: INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS.]]

[[Image:finger pond stages3.jpg|thumb|right|250px200px|A diagrammatic sequence in the construction of fingerponds. (c) The fingerpond system becomes flooded during the next rains and fish migrate into the floodplain. Drawing: INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS.]][[Image:finger pond stages4.jpg|thumb|right|250px200px|A diagrammatic sequence in the construction of fingerponds. (d) On retreat of the floodwaters the fish become trapped in the ponds and are cultured whilst the land between is cultivated. Drawing: INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC PUBLICATIONS.]]

*Maintenance consists of cleaning or desilting the ponds by swabbing the pond bottom.

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