The Challenges
The inventory and priority ranking identified 23 irrigation sites. All the necessary baseline data with regard to irrigated/rain-fed cultivation was collected. The various possible methods of water conveyance (gravity/pump-fed) methods to the scheme were inventorised on the scheme basis. A priority ranking exercise was undertaken by developing and applying criteria aimed at increasing future scheme sustainability was adopted. Operational irrigated rice schemes such as Wasare, Awach Kano and Maugo where covered. Five schemes were recommended for the detailed demand study.