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Table 4.4: Cropped areas in the Vea and Tono Irrigation Schemes from 1986-
2007.
Vea Irrigation Scheme
Average of cultivated areas (ha)
Tono Irrigation Scheme
Average of cultivated areas
(ha)
Crops
Wet
Season
Dry
Season
Annual
Total
Wet
Season
Dry
Season
Annual
Total
Rice
159
153
312
594
768
1,362
Tomatoes
0
179
179
0
349
349
Onion
0
8
8
0
24
24
Soybean
15
4
19
217
40
257
Cowpea
2
3
5
14
4
18
Pepper
0
10
10
0
13
13
Sorghum/millet
211
0
211
76
0
76
Groundnut
115
0
115
134
0
134
Maize
27
0
27
58
0
58
Total
529
357
886
1,093
1,198
2,291
Percentage of
Potential
62
42
52
44
48
46
Table 4.4 shows that 62% and 42% of the Vea scheme are cultivated in the
wet and dry seasons, respectively; producing an annual average of 52%. In
the Tono scheme 44% and 48% are cultivated in the wet and dry season
respectively resulting in annual average of 46%.
Figure 4.6 reveals that land use in both schemes is just about 50% of the
potential implying that both schemes are underperforming. Factors
influencing these percentages include the following: (a) farmers are unwilling
to pay for the water levy, (b) the bad state of the canals prevent large
portions of the developed area from being irrigated, (c) farmers complain
they need financial assistance to purchase fertilizer for their dry season
irrigation but are unable to have it, and (d) Increased production of
tomatoes in the White Volta sub-basin (both Ghana and Burkina Faso) has
raised competition for market therby resulting in losses for some tomato
farmers.
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