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Analysis of the agricultural situation in Azraq Basin
German-Jordanian Programme “Management of Water Resources”
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Repartition of water abstraction among
farms types in Azraq
Small olive tree farms
Professional olive
tree farms
Professional olive tree
farms with diversification
(grapes, pomegranate...)
Olive tree farms with
diversification to alfalfa
Vegetables open field
5.3. Repartition of water
abstraction by farm typology
In Azraq, based on the estimated
total area for each farm type and the
average consumption by dunum, the
following results have been tree farms found:
46%
These graphs show that some types
of farms, especially olive trees
farms with alfalfa and professional 1%
olive farms, are the main water 12%
25%
consumers in 0.16% Azraq (71% of the
abstracted 12% water) 14% even if they
represent 6% only 41% of the farms.
58%
4%
It should be reminded that it is
mainly in these categories Irrigated agricultural that
area covered by each
farmers do not 68% pay their farms type water in North
bills. In addition, most
Badia
farms
and Jizaof
the type olive trees with alfalfa
are still working with diesel
pumps, they are in a way trying
to limit their water abstraction
to limit the energy bill. Once they
are connected to electricity, their
pumping costs will drastically
be reduced and we fear a high
increase in their water abstraction.
Highlighted here is the efficiency
Repartition of water abstraction among
farms type in North Badia / Jiza
Stone fruits tree entrepreneurs
Mixed family farms
Vegetables & trees
Open field
Vegetable farms
Large olive
tree farms
5%
Small olive tree
farmswith livestock
14%
10%
25%
39%
Small olive tree farms
Professional olive
Professional olive tree
farms with diversification
(grapes, pomegranate...)
Olive tree farms with
3% diversification to alfalfa
Vegetables open field
11%
22%
25%
Irrigated
agricultural area
covered by each
farm type in Azraq
of water use of professional farms
with diversification to fruits, which
represent 22% of the irrigated
3%
cultivated land but consume only
11%
10% of the 5% abstraction water. It
14% 39%
should also be noticed that juvenile 25%
olive tree farms, which represent
22%
42% 46% of the farms 25% in Azraq, abstract
only 14% of the water in Azraq.
Repartition of water abstraction among
farms types in Azraq
In North Badia and Jiza, the same
graphs show the following:
Repartition of water abstraction among
farms type in North Badia / Jiza
Stone fruits tree entrepreneurs
0.16%
Mixed family farms
Vegetables & trees 12%
14%
6%
Open field
Vegetable farms
Large olive
tree farms
Small olive tree
farmswith livestock
10%
68%
Irrigated
agricultural area
covered by each
farm type in Azraq
4%
25%
1%
12%
58%
Irrigated agricultural
area covered by each
farms type in North
Badia and Jiza
Mixed family farms of vegetables
and trees are large water consumers,
consuming 68% of the total
abstracted water while covering
58% of the irrigated agricultural
area. In comparison, large olive tree
farms achieve more water savings;
using 12% of the abstracted water
while covering 25% of the area. It
can be explained based on the fact
that the irrigation water requirement
of vegetables and fruit trees are
higher than they are for olive
trees, and that farmers are often
over irrigating their vegetables to
overcome the salinisation of soils.