Desire for Greener Land

Human Environment
Cropland per household (ha)
10,000
Implementation activities, inputs and costs
Establishment activities
1. Purchase of the materials: pump, pipes, etc.
2. Construction of irrigation network
Maintenance/recurrent activities
Land user: groups / community of small and
average scale land users, mixed
Population density: 10-50 persons/km 2
Annual population growth: < 0.5%
Land ownership: individual, titled
Land use rights: individual
Water use rights: communal (organised)
Relative level of wealth: average, which represent
70% of land users, 80% of the total land area is
owned by average land users
SLM Technology: Transport of freshwater from local streams, Greece DESIRE – WOCAT 2012
Importance of off-farm income: 10-50% of all
income: Animal breeders or/and factories
workers.
Access to service and infrastructure: low:
financial services; moderate: education,
employment; high: health, technical assistance,
market, energy, roads & transport, drinking
water and sanitation
Market orientation: commercial / market
Mechanization: mechanised
Livestock grazing on cropland: yes little
Technical drawing
Scheme showing the SLM technology application
(Alexandros Pechtelidis)
Establishment inputs and costs per ha / one irrigation unit
Inputs Costs (US$) % met by
land user
Labour
Equipment
969 80
- hire of an excavator
Construction material
1107
100
- water transport pipes
Other
3598 100
- pumping station (10hp)
3460 100
TOTAL 9129 97
Maintenance inputs and costs per ha / one irrigation unit
1. Network maintenance Inputs Costs (US$) % met by
land user
Remarks:
Diesel or electricity price affects the final cost.
The above costs are calculated on May 2011.
Labour 138 100
Other
- pumping station spare parts
- diesel fuel / electricity
275
1512 / 824
100
100
TOTAL 1924 / 1237 100
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