Irrigation in Rwanda
| Land area | 26,338 km2 (10,169 sq mi) |
|---|---|
| Agricultural land | 1.6 million hectares (6,200 sq mi) (covers 59% of total country land) |
| Cultivated area | 1.4 million hectares (5,400 sq mi) |
| Area under Irrigation | 63,742 ha (157,510 acres) |
| Systems |
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Water resources and irrigation infrastructure in Rwanda differ throughout the country. According to assessments by Nile Basin Initiative, irrigation potential shows that the country has a national irrigation potential of nearly 589,713 ha, taking into consideration the following domains.[1] [2]
• Runoff for small reservoirs (125,627 ha)
• Runoff for dams (27,907 ha)
• Direct river and flood water (79,847 ha)
• Lake water resources (100,107 ha)
• Groundwater resources (36,432 ha)
• Marshlands (219,793 ha)[3]
The 2019/2020 was a year of implementation of four priority areas: 1) innovation and extension; 2) productivity and Resilience; 3) inclusive markets and Value addition ; 4) Enabling Environment and Responsive Institutions. In combination, these priority areas provide strategic direction for the transformation of Rwandan agriculture from subsistence farming to developed agriculture or market-oriented agriculture, which contributes to the national economy and ensures food and nutrition security in a sustainable manner, and these pillars were set in 2019/2019 agriculture IMIHIGO (Performance contracts).
The total hectares of land under conservation of radical and progressive terraces are respectively 958,777 ha and 127,339 ha[4]
Climate resilience interventions
Radical terraced construction: 127,339.7 ha
Progressive terraces: 958,777 ha
Area under irrigation: 63,742 ha:
-Marshland developed: 37,273 ha
-Hillside developed: 8,780 ha
-Small scale irrigation (SSIT): 17,689 ha
History
Irrigation in RWANDA began during the Belgian colonial period in 1945 in Karongi (Kabuye) after the famine known as RUZAGAYURA (1943–44). An 8-km water channel was dug from Ntaruka towards Rubengera with its tributaries irrigating local people’s farms.
In 1964, the Taiwanese prepared 50 ha of the Mukungunguri Swamp for rice cultivation
Hillside irrigation
Irrigation on hills is located in the following places
- 12 ha in Gashora for Cassava production (Sprinkler irrigation)
- 50 ha of coffee farms in Ngugu near lake Rwampanga (Sprinkler irrigation)
- 100 ha of different crops along a stretch of 8 km from Ntaruko, Ndaba, to Rubengera in Karongi District (gravity-fed irrigation)[5]
References
- ↑ "Irrigation areas in Rwanda – Nile Basin Water Resources Atlas". Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ "Hillside irrigation | Rwanda Water Portal". waterportal.rwb.rw. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
- ↑ Florence Kondylis, Maria Ruth Jones, Jeremy Magruder, and John Loeser (2018). Impacts and sustainability of irrigation in Rwanda. International growth centre. pp. 1–3.CS1 maint: Multiple names: authors list (link) Search this book on
- ↑ REPUBLIC OF RWANDAMINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND ANIMAL RESOURCES (2019–2020). "MINAGRI 2019/20 highlights". Unknown parameter
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