|
Method of Irrigation |
Number |
Per cent |
|
Total holders reporting method |
12,383 |
100 |
|
Drip/Trickle |
1,099 |
8.9 |
|
Sprinkler |
3,205 |
25.9 |
|
Flooding |
734 |
5.9 |
|
Furrows |
553 |
4.5 |
|
Other |
6,792 |
54.8 |
|
The 2007 census of agriculture included a question on the use of irrigation in
the calendar year preceding the census and the methods used. The instruction
manual for interviewers defined irrigation as “purposely providing land with
water, other than rain, for improving pastures or crop production”. The
instructions further explained that “irrigation usually implies the existence of
infrastructure and equipment for applying water to crops, such as irrigation
canals, pumps, sprinklers or localized watering systems.
However it also includes manual watering of plants using buckets, watering cans
or other devices.” Uncontrolled land flooding by
overflowing of rivers or streams was not to be considered irrigation. |