Swing baskets are popular in India and Bangladesh.
[[Image:swing basket3.jpg|thumb|250px|Lifting water from irrigation channel using a swing basket. Photo: [http://www.ilo.org/safework_bookshelf/english?content&nd=857170774 MANUAL OPERATIONS IN FARMING.]]]
[[Image:swing basket.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Using a swing basket to dump water into an irrigation canal. Drawing: [http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/Practact/KnO-100410-human_animal_water_lifters.pdf Practical Action.]]]
[[Image:swing basket4.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Direct irrigation onto field using the swing basket. Photo: [http://www.banglapedia.org/HT/I_0095.HTM Banglapedia.]]]
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|[[Image:swing basket.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Using a swing basket to dump water into an irrigation canal. Drawing: [http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/Practact/KnO-100410-human_animal_water_lifters.pdf Practical Action.]]]
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==Acknowledgements==
* Jane Olley. [http://www.cd3wd.com/cd3wd_40/cd3wd/Practact/KnO-100410-human_animal_water_lifters.pdf HUMAN & ANIMAL POWERED WATER-LIFTING DEVICES FOR IRRIGATION.] Practical Action, November 2008.
* [http://www.ilo.org/safework_bookshelf/english?content&nd=857170774 MANUAL OPERATIONS IN FARMING.] International Labor Organization.