Besides irrigation management simplicity, sustainability requires that farmers have appropriate incentives, normally financial, for continuing to irrigate. Amuri irrigation company ltd culverden, new zealand. Rationale for involving the private sector in public irrigation schemes. The type of irrigation system used has also shifted over timefrom a gravity, or floodtype.
An irrigation scheme is an administrative concept, in contrast to an irrigation system, which is a physical one. A project is defined as a set of activities that are linked together over a period of time and are carried out to produce specific goals. The irrigation canals of the gezira scheme as seen from space, 1997. Africa, based on a programme of field investigations carried out with developing.
Assessment of the quality of irrigation water at the badeggi. These figures have been estimated by the loskop irrigation scheme management, the local cooperative and agricultural extension officers. Gezira irrigation scheme a struggle for revival on vimeo. Evaluation of hayrabolu irrigation scheme in turkey. A group of farmers, known as kiroka farmers irrigation organization or wakulima wa umwagiliaji kiroka uwauki manage the scheme. Introduction natural sources of fresh water for irrigation are rivers, lakes, streams, dams and groundwater. The study assessed the economic performance of a smallholder irrigation scheme zanyokwe irrigation scheme. Evaluation of irrigation project using performance core. The farm is about 600hactres in size, which is split in half for both commercial and small scale farming. Despite the contribution of small scale irrigation systems in enhancing rural agricultural production and alleviating poverty being widely recognized, this contribution has not been evident for small scale holder farmers at lumuma irrigation scheme. The north canterbury farmland was threaded with a network of pipelines totalling kilometres. The construction of an irrigation scheme should be viewed as a project in itself. This dry land can feed the entire region and the whole country. Since 2006, tanzania has aimed to expand irrigation to one million hectares by 2020, a target reaffirmed by the minister for water and irrigation in autumn last year.
Schematic diagram showing the nine sampling points for the area sampler in a rice paddy, the emergence trap and the positions to which the emergence trap was moved. Kiroka village irrigation scheme department of foreign. This case study describes oxfams work in supporting communitybased irrigation schemes in malawi. Women in irrigation case studies of schemes in the gambia, kenya and south africa f chancellor report odtn 82 october 1996 case studies from the gambia, kenya and south africa are investigated to determine the role of women in irrigated farming. Dam, which provides irrigation water for the rahad scheme. Valetta irrigation scheme vis this scheme was built in the mid1940s and supplies,000ha of farm land to the west of ashburton in mid canterbury. Participatory operation and maintenance of irrigation schemes.
Ord river irrigation scheme project, western australia. This project is part funded by the european regional development fund erdf as part of the south east erdf. Data relating to women and opinions of men and women farmers are investigated at twelve sites. Guidance on the planning and design of irrigation reservoirs in kent. It is a scheme to provide irrigation facilities for about 22,000 hectres of land utilizing the tiga dam reservoir shariff, 2009. Other major farming areas are watered by the khashm alqirbah dam on the atbara river and by alru. The project aims at enhancing national food security through installation of gravity water abstraction system to lower the cost of production and increase the area under irrigation in bura irrigation scheme to 15,000 acres from the current 6,000 acres thus meeting the food need of the community in the arid county of tana river, its neighboring counties and kenya at large. Irrigation act no 5 of 20, irrigation regulations of 20, the setting up of the national irrigation commission in 2014, and the national irrigation strategy 2015. Amuri irrigation company aic aic operates three irrigation schemes built in the 1980s supplying about 25,000 ha of. The scheme is a component ofthe nrp and therefore those imperfections should be seen within the weaknesses of the policy itself. It has grown from the original scheme cultivating 300,000 fd to the present irrigation area of 2. This region is submitted to a semiarid and relatively mild climate. In pakistan the administrative unit of the irrigation. Spatiotemporal performance of largescale gezira irrigation.
The dan hoai irrigation scheme is also a pumpbased system located 25 km from hanoi. The amuri irrigation scheme delivers water to over 22,000 hectares in the amuri basin, taking water from the waiau and hurunui rivers. Lake victoria, kerio valley and inland lakes, the tana and athi river basin, and the ewaso ngiro north basin whose irrigation infrastructure has not been adequately developed. The controversial project was troubled with economic and agricultural problems, although some tropical crops flourished. An efficiency index was calculated to show the amount of water in inches per acre that each system would have to additionally apply to. Ngongoma irrigation scheme has a gravity fed surface irrigation system. This report is part of a series of case studies on the performance of irrigation systems in different countries. Design guide for irrigation reservoirs kent county council.
The world bank and the gezira scheme in the sudan political. This report presents summaries of the performance of small schemes in. The amuri irrigation company limited aic was incorporated in april 1990 by the then amuri plains irrigation association to purchase of the waiau, balmoral and waiareka community irrigation schemes from the crown. Further, the contribution of muda scheme in meeting the selfsufficiency objective of the. The bakolori dam commissioned in 1983, has a storage capacity of 450 million. Aic is run by an elected board of directors made up of farmer shareholders and an independent director. The gezira scheme was begun by the british while the area was governed as part of angloegyptian sudan. It is the 40th of the 41 recorded by fao as major dams in zimbabwe. Water management in public irrigation schemes in vietnam core. The bakolori irrigation scheme with its project office in talata mafara, zamfara state is one of the irrigation schemes under the sokoto rima river basin development authority.
A story of development in the sudan faber and faber, london, 1959. Israel ambassador to kenya, gil haskel, has promised that his government will help transform kibwezi area to a food production zone. The current irrigated area is about 450 392 ha urt 20. This study has been carried out in one irrigation scheme of the eastern cape province, south africa.
The kano river irrigation project krip is, base on scaling land project in nigeria, a large scale agricultural irrigation project. Bisho head office keiskamma irrigation scheme r 5,007,000. Economics of crop production in the gezira irrigation scheme. Tanzanias current irrigation typology as per national irrigation policy 2010 urt 2010 is below. The film gezira irrigation scheme a struggle for revival was produced by the institute for technology and resources management in the tropics and subtropics itt and financed by centers of natural resources and development cnrd. The use and management of water in the likangala irrigation.
Project management is the planning and the control of the project activities to ensure that the goals are achieved in time and. The gezira irrigation scheme is fed by gravity irrigation from the blue nile. The bura irrigation scheme comprises 10,000 acres divided into several blocks, each measuring between 216 and 720 acres, and contains 2,200 homesteads in 11 villages. An irrigation scheme draws water from groundwater, rivers, lakes or overland flow, and distributes it over an area. The gezira irrigation scheme lies between the blue and white nile rivers south of khartoum, and is fed principally by gravity irrigation from sennar dam on the blue nile. This program aims to acquire water entitlements resulting from water savings generated from eligible projects by private irrigation infrastructure operators that improve the efficiency. The gezira irrigation scheme, sudan african affairs. The bakolori dam commissioned in 1983, has a storage capacity of 450 million cubic meter of water and a lake area of 8,000ha. Economic performance of smallholder irrigation schemes. These studies focus on the extent to which the design of the irrigation system fosters effective water management and provides equitable. The river nyando is the water source for the scheme. The new economic policy and the muda irrigation scheme. The trangienevertire irrigation scheme is a recipient of funding under the australian governments private irrigation infrastructure operators program piiop.
What tanzania needs to achieve 2020 irrigation target. Or, a more efficient irrigation system could reduce the amount of water running off the field. Supporting irrigation for food security in malawi aws. The ahero irrigation research station airs is located within the scheme. The purpose of the gezira irrigation scheme is to provide the northern portion of the gezira plain with a plentiful supply of water for the purpose of cotton. The officer in charge doho rice scheme wilberforce sagula also the scheme irrigation engineer says with the revamping of the scheme almost complete, paddy rice production is set to double from. Other articles where ord river irrigation scheme is discussed.
Ahero irrigation scheme, sampling points for area sampl openi. Feb 07, 2011 it is a scheme to provide irrigation facilities for about 22,000 hectres of land utilizing the tiga dam reservoir shariff, 2009. Case studies of schemes in the gambia, kenya and south africa. Hydrological, or direct, effects of doing this include reduction in downstream river flow, increased evaporation in the irrigated area, increased level in the water table as groundwater recharge in the area is increased and flow increased in the irrigated area. A canal conveys water from the dam into a reservoir which is situated just at the edge. Sketch of the entire scheme courtesy of airs and b. Selection of the type of irrigation system to install must consider a number of different factors before making a final choice. Among various issues that affect sustainability in smallholder schemes, design of the irrigation scheme is the major component that needs special consideration chancellor and. Affordable and search from millions of royalty free images, photos and vectors. A compact to revitalise largescale irrigation systems using a. Etunda irrigation scheme etunda irrigation scheme etunda irrigation farm is located at ruacana, approximately 150 km west of oshakati, in the omusati region.
The smallholder farmers contributed their labour to clear the trees and shrubs, level the ground, dig canals, lay the pipelines. It is centered on the sudanese state of al jazirah, just southeast of the confluence of the blue and white nile rivers at the city of khartoum. The study took place in a former homeland area ciskei. The environmental impacts of irrigation in the european union. Irrigation projects which are likely to cause damage to valuable sites or.
Rice is the main crop grown and maize the second crop. These relationships have a direct effect on the production of crops in the scheme. Participatory operation and maintenance of irrigation schemes training manual no. Irrigation management in the western states center for watershed. Gezira scheme irrigation project, sudan britannica. Testimony from participants demonstrates the impacts that. Ngondoma irrigation scheme draws water from ngondoma dam, which has an estimated capacity of 7. The village benefits from an irrigation scheme that covers 147 hectares and makes it possible to grow a greater range of crops and harvest twice each year. This report examines how the design of the gezira irrigation scheme has resolved many of the distribution problems still found in more recently. Programmes of small irrigation scheme development have become popular with governments and funding agencies. Perspectives for sustainable development i summary and conclusions situation and outlook in brief the gezira irrigation scheme was established in 1925 and enlarged to its present capacity of 2. Request pdf on feb 1, 2015, islam sabry al zayed and others published spatiotemporal performance of largescale gezira irrigation scheme, sudan find, read and cite all the research you need. Less than 5 percent of farming households use irrigation urt 20. The management of irrigation canals in the likangala rice irrigation scheme influences the human and social relations among farmers, between farmers and the villagers, and also between farmers in the scheme and those outside the scheme.