2012 AIF, D2S5 PPT How Irrigation is Responding to the Challenges of Volatilitys in Agriculture by Gao Zhanyi

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How Irrigation is responding tothe Challenges and Changes

in Agriculture

Gao ZhanyiPresident of ICID



Distribution of Undernourished

Population



World Population Growth

Sixty-percent of the population of the world lives in Asia, the

greatest part of this increase is in the population of Asia



Related Securities

Food security

Water supply securityEnergy security

Climate Change



Farmland with Different Type of

System

no system1,100 million ha

irrigation only210 million ha

irrigation and drainage

60 million ha

drainage

130 million ha

73.0%

14.0%

4.0%8.7%

No-systemIrrigation

Irrigation &Drainage

Drainage



Cereal production from Rainfed &

Water Management System

55%

45%

Water Management Rainfed



Need to enhance irrigation development to

increase water use efficiency and productivity



Rehabilitate Infrastructures



Improve System Management



Increase Investment

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W B l e n d i n g ( 1 9 9 0 c o n s t a n t p r i c e

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1961-1970: 2.1% p.y

1971-1980: 2.2% p.y

1981-1990: 1.6% p.y

1991-2000: 1.2% p.y

2001-2003: 0.1% p.y

Annual growth rate of irrigation (by decade)



Strengthen Capacity Building



Support Small holder farmers



Implement Land Consolidation



Institutional Reforms and Governance



Role: Government

• Provide leadership

• Work out future vision

• Set policy and provide legal framework• Work out and implement development

planning

• Reform institutions

• Enhance capacity building

• Mobilize financial resources



Role: Management Agents

• Carry out rehabilitation of the main canals and

structures of irrigation systems

• Operate and maintain the main structures and

canals system;

• Bridge the gap between government and WUAs;

• Provide technical support to WUAs;

• Supervise and monitor irrigation systems;

• Keep documentation of irrigation schemes;

• Collect water fees from WUAs.



Role: WUA and farmers

• Carrying out rehabilitation of on farm canals

and structures;

• Operation and maintenance of on-farm

structures and canals system;

• Provide irrigation service to individual water

users;• Collection of water fees.



World market prices for wheat,

maize and rice

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International Cooperation



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2012 AIF, D2S5 PPT How Irrigation is Responding to the Challenges of Volatilitys in Agriculture by Gao Zhanyi