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Source:
TFNC Report No.1231
It is estimated that about 52,000 hectares of land are put under
traditional irrigation system. Using traditional irrigation system,
farmers grow coffee, bananas, cardamon, vegetables and fruits.
Modern irrigation schemes are employed in Arusha Chini area
where the Tanganyika Planting Company is irrigating over 7,800
ha. Of sugarcane. Other areas include, the Miwalani-Kahe of the
kahe basin managed by Naitonal Food Corporation Farm
(NAFCO) and Miwaleni villages. Lower Moshi and Ndungu
irrigation projects constructed through Japanese assistance are
among the modern irrigation schemes. There are also eleven
dams and reservoirs in the region, but Nyumba ya Mungu Dam is
the largest of all dams and the most reliable source of water for
irrigation. Except for the Nyumba ya Mungu dam in Mwanga
district completed in 1968, most of the dams were built in the
second half of 1950's and therefore do not provide reliable
sources of water for irrigation. Rehabilitation of the jold dams and
construction of new ones is necessary in order to harvest farm
water for irrigation. Table XVIII below shows the capacity of
irrigation dams in the region.
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