ANNEX A

Table 1: Total Irrigated Area and Spate-irrigated Area for Number of Countries

Country

Year

Total Irrigated Area (ha)

Spate-irrigated Area(ha)

Spate Irrigation as % of Total Irrigation

Algeria

1992

555,500

110,000

19.8

 

1997/1987

560,000

70,000

12.5

Eritrea

1993

28,124

15,630

55.6

 

1997/1995

28,000

14,000

50,0

Kazakhstan

1993

3,556,400

1,104,600

31.1

Libya

1997/1987

470,000

53,000

11.3

Mongolia

1993

84,300

27,000

32.0

Morocco

1989

1,258,200

165,000

13.1

Pakistan

1990

15,729,448

1,402,448

8.9

 

1997/1987

17,580,000

1,450,000

8.2

Somalia

1984

200,000

150,000

75.0

 

1997/1987

200,000

2,000

1.1

Sudan

1995

1,946,200

46,200

2.4

 

1997/1987

1,946,000

280,000

14.4

Tunisia

1991

385,000

30,000

7.8

 

1997/1987

380,000

10,000

2.6

Yemen

1994

481,520

98,320

20.4

 

1976/77

238,000

120,000

50.4

 

1990

436,500

101,000

23.1

 

1997/1987

485,000

193,000

39.8

Source: FAO Aquastat; Hadera 2001; Kohler 1999

Table 2: List of Spate Irrigation Systems

Country

Name of Spate Irrigation System

Location

Pakistan

Chandia

Sibi District, Balochistan

 

Barag

Las Bela District, Balochistan

 

Marufzai

Loralai District, Balochistan

 

Nal Dat

Khuzdar District, Balochistan

 

Toiwar

Killa Saifullah District, Balochistan

 

Mouza Yo Bund

Las Bela District, Balochistan

 

Dudar

Musa Khel District, Balochistan

 

Sohar Khor

Musa Khel District, Balochistan

 

Sham

Musa Khel District, Balochistan

 

Jhalwani

Barkhan District, Balochistan

 

11 collective bunds in Korakan River

Kharan District, , Balochistan

 

Jala Khan Dam

Kachhi District, , Balochistan

 

Sonwah Dam

Kachhi District, Balochistan

 

Pachhaad and Damaan Plains

DG Khan District, Punjab

Yemen

Wadi Tuban

Lahej Governorate

 

Wadi Zabid

Hodeidah Governorate

 

Wadi Rima

Hodeidah Governorate

 

Wadi Mawr

Hodeidah Governorate

 

Wadi Al'Ain/Harib

Central Yemen

 

Wadi Jirdan, Wadi Erma, Wadi Dhuhur

Central-Northern Area, Shabwah Governorate

 

Wadi Mayfa'a, Wadi Nisab, Wadi Beihan

Central Region, Shabwah Governorate

Eritrea

Wadi Laba

Sheeb area, Eastern Lowlands

 

Mai Ule

Sheeb area, Eastern Lowlands

 

Wadi Labka

Sheeb area, Eastern Lowlands

Ethiopia

Arfaydelehayte

Midlands, Konso Special Wadera

 

Yandafero

Lowlands, Konso Special Wadera

Tunisia

Nouael II Project/Wadi El Fekka

Sidi Bouzid, Central Tunisia

 

Table 3: Cropping Patterns in Spate Irrigation Systems

Country

Scheme/Area

Spate-irrigated Crops

Eritrea

Sheeb

sorghum, maize, millet, sesame, groundnut, vegetables

Ethiopia

Konso: Midlands

sorghum, maize, teff, beans

 

Konso: Lowlands

sorghum, maize, cotton, sunflower

Pakistan

DG Khan Division

wheat, gram, guar, pulses, sorghum, rapeseed, millet, maize

 

Korakan River

wheat, cumin, sorghum, pulses, melon

 

Chandia

sorghum fodder, mung, wheat, oilseeds, coriander, radish, melon, mustard

 

Barag

sorghum, guar, sorghum fodder, oilseed, mung

 

Marufzai

sorghum, pulses, wheat, melons, cumin, coriander

 

Nal Dat

sorghum, guar fodder, pulses, wheat, oilseed

 

Toiwar

wheat, barley, mash, maize

Tunisia

Nouael II Project

wheat, olive, almond

Yemen

Shabwah Governorate

sorghum, millet, wheat, sesame

 

Wadi Tuban

cotton, fodder (sorghum, millet), sesame

 

Wadi Zabid

sorghum, millet, fodder (sorghum, millet), cotton, sesame

 

Wadi Mawr

sorghum, millet, sesame, maize, cotton, melon

 

Highlands

sorghum, wheat, lentils, peas, maize

 

Tihama

sorghum, millet, maize, cotton, sesame, tomato, vegetables

 

Southern coast

cotton, sorghum, millet, sesame, watermelon, groundnut

 

Table 4: Average Yields for Perennially, Regularly and Irregularly Spate-Irrigated Area in Wadi Rima

Crop

Perennially Spate- Irrigated Area

(t/ha)

Regularly Spate-Irrigated Area

(t/ha)

Irregularly Spate-Irrigated Area

(t/ha)

Maize

1.2 - 1.3

1.2

-

Sayf Sorghum:

-          grain

-          fodder

1.0

3.2

0.8 - 1.0

1.9 - 2.3

0.6

2.0

Sorghum:

-          grain

-          fodder

1.4

3.5

0.4 - 1.1

1.0 - 2.8

0.85

2.2

Sorghum ratoon:

-          grain

-          fodder

0.8

2.5

0.3 - 0.8

1.0 - 2.5

0.2

1.1

Cotton

0.85

0.35 - 0.85

0.35

Millet

-

0.5 - 1.0

0.5

Sesame

-

0.2 - 0.5

0.2

Source: MOD 1977a

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