Desire for Greener Land

Human Environment
Cropland per household (ha)
10,000
Land user: Individual small-scale land users
Population density: < 10 persons/km 2
Annual population growth: < 0.5%
Land ownership: communal / village
Land use rights: individual
Water use rights: communal (organised)
Relative level of wealth: poor (70% of all land users). In
all, 80% of the total land area is owned by poor land
users
Importance of off-farm income: less than
10% of all income
Access to service and infrastructure:
low: drinking water and sanitation, technical
assistance, employment, market, financial
services; moderate: health, education,
energy, roads & transport
Market orientation: subsistence (selfsupply)
Mechanization: mechanised
Livestock grazing on cropland: yes
Technical drawing
Schematic diagram of an experimental plot with drip irrigation at the large-scale farm level, showing the location of access tubes for soil
moisture monitoring (Semenov V.)
Implementation activities, inputs and costs
Establishment activities
1. installation of pipe network
2. tapping the source of water supply
Maintenance/recurrent activities
Establishment inputs and costs per ha
Inputs Costs (US$) % met by
land user
Labour
Equipment
60 100
- tools
3000
0
TOTAL 3060 100
Maintenance/recurrent inputs and costs per ha per year
1. Reinstallation of pipe network every year. Inputs Costs (US$) % met by
land user
Remarks:
The pipe system is the most determining factor affecting the costs. Costs are given for 1 ha of land.
Labour 60 100
TOTAL 60 100
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