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Table 6.2: Cost of water-use for irrigation technologies in Upper East Region
and Burkina Faso.
Irrigation
technology
Investment
cost
($/ha)
Lifespan
(years)
Depreciation
cost - [X]
($/ha/yr)
Maintenance
cost - [Y]
($/ha/yr)
Water-
use cost -
[Z]
($/ha/yr)
Total cost
[X+Y+Z]
($/ha/yr)
Seasonal
Expenditure
($/ha/yr)
UPPER EAST REGION
Small
reservoir
33,000
25
4,650
100
47
4,797
47
Permanent
shallow
well
4,800
30
672
400
0
1,072
400
Large
reservoir
15,000
50
2,029
150
57
2236
57
Riverine
water
1,700
a
8
360
50
550
960
600
Temporal
shallow
well
1,200
0.5
1,200
0
0
1,200
1,200
Riverine
alluvial
dugout
700
a
5
200
50
755
1,530
1,330
525
b
0.5
525
BURKINA FASO
Small
reservoir
38,000
25
2,500
100
80
2,680
80
Permanent
shallow
well
6,500
30
385
600
0
985
600
a
petrol pump, pipes
b
constructing the dugout
In the remaining technologies, which are riverine water, riverine alluvial
dugouts, temporal shallow wells and permanent shallow wells, a farmer
individually decides when and how to irrigate. Most of these farmers are
either landowners or are related to the landlord. In some instances the
farmers rent the land from the landlord for just the dry season. All these
farmers do not pay a water levy but rather invest in water abstraction
equipments, infrastructure (permanent and temporal) and energy to be able
to irrigate the crops.
Table 6.2
shows the investment cost and seasonal expenditure on water
(abstraction and distribution) incurred on the various irrigation technologies
for tomato cultivation.
The infrastructure and equipment used in the irrigation are affected by wear
and tear or obsolescence over an accounting period called depreciation which
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