Nepal: Irrigation http://www.fao.org/economic/ess/ess-events/wca2020bangkok/en/

1. Roundtable on
World Programme for the Census of Agriculture 2020
Bangkok, Thailand
19-23 September 2016
Theme Irrigation in the Agricultural
Census 2011/2012 in Nepal
Technical Session: 6
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Dinesh Bhattarai
Senior Statistician
Ministry of Agriculture Development
bhattarai_007@yahoo.com

2. Outline
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Introduction
Irrigation
Source of Irrigation
Area of land Irrigation
Payment for Irrigation
Use and source of Irrigation Machinery and
Equipment
Questionnaire module
Agriculture census 2011did not covered
Challenges

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Introduction
The CBS and MoAD are the two major agencies of the
government
that produce agricultural statistics.
•The CBS has been conducting the decennial agricultural
censuses since
1961/62.
•The MoAD collects and publishes annual data on cropped area
and
production of major crops and some other related statistics based
on
reports of the district offices.
•The information is primarily based on administrative records and
subjective assessments of the respective district field offices.

4. Irrigation
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•Irrigation refers to purposely providing water, other than rain, for improving
pastures or crop production.
•The reference period for the irrigation was census reference year (January to
December 2011).
•The information collected under irrigation was the area of the parcel by
source of irrigation (by land irrigated approach, not by crop).
•The Land Area was collected by Tenure Types on the Holding for Each
Parcel
•The information collected in the census can be tabulated only by the level
and type of irrigation.

5. Source of Irrigation
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The source of irrigation covered in agriculture census 2011.
1. River/lake/pond (gravity)
2. River/lake/pond (to be pumped)
3. Dam/reservoir
4. Deep well/tube well
5. Other (collection of rain water, natural well)
6. Mixed

6. Area of land Irrigation
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•All the information on irrigation collected at parcel level which are
compatible with
• type of land,
•area under different temporary/permanent crops,
•land tenure,
•land use
•the tabulation was done only for the area of the land (other cross-sectional
tabulation/analysis were needed).

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The specified modes of payment for the irrigation water were as
follows:
•Fee per area
•Fee per time
•Other term
•Didn't pay
Payment for Irrigation

8. Use and source of Irrigation Machinery and Equipment
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•Use of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment .
•Number of Agriculture Machinery and Equipment on the holding by
Source.
•Shallow tub well
•Deep tub well
•Rower pump
•Pumping Set/Motor

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Specify Unit of Area Bigha 1 Ropani 2
Name of
Parcel
Parce
l
Code
Type
of
Land
Total
Area of
Parcel
Total Area of
Irrigated Land
Source of
Irrigation
Payment
Terms for
Irrigation
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
1 Wet
2 Dry
1. River/lake/pond
(gravity)
2. River/lake/pond
(to be pumped)
3. Dam/reservoir
4.Deepwell/tube
well
5. Other
6. Mixed
1. Fee per
area
2. Fee per
time
3. Other
term
4. Didn't pay
Questionnaire module
•The module of the household questionnaire regarding the information on the
irrigation is as follows;

10. Questionnaire module
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Serial
No.
Agriculture
Machinery and
Equipment
Used or Not
Used During
Last Year
S.N. Agriculture
Machinery
and
Equipments
Number of Machinery and Agriculture Equipments in the
Holding
Total Owned Common Landlord Others'
(including on
rent)
(1) (2) (3) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
01 Iron Plough
1. Used
2. Not Used 01 Iron Plough
02 Power Tiller
1. Used
2. Not Used 02 Power Tiller
03
Shallow Tube
Well
1. Used
2. Not Used 03
Shallow Tube
Well
04 Deep Tube Well
1. Used
2. Not Used 04
Deep Tube
Well
05
Rower/Dhiki
Pump
1. Used
2. Not Used 05
Rower/Dhiki
Pump
06 Tractor
1. Used
2. Not Used 06 Tractor
07 Thresher
1. Used
2. Not Used 07 Thresher
08
Pumping
Set/Motor
1. Used
2. Not Used 08
Pumping
Set/Motor
09
Animal Drawn
Cart
1. Used
2. Not Used 09
Animal Drawn
Cart
10 Sprayer
1. Used
2. Not Used 10 Sprayer
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Combined
Harvester
1. Used
2. Not Used 11
Combined
Harvester
12 Other Equipments
1. Used
2. Not Used 12
Other
Equipments
AGRICULTURE MACHINERY AND EQUIPMENT
7.1 use of Agricultural Machinery and Equipment 7.2 Number of Agriculture Machinery and Equipment on the
holding by Source

11. Agriculture census 2011did not covered
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Agriculture census 2011 did not covered following areas
•fully and partially controlled irrigation system and its specified types.
• Method of irrigation: Surface, Sprinklers and Localized irrigation.
•Area equipped for irrigation.

12. Challenges
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•The sampling was done without considering the irrigation. Some of the
estimates of area irrigated at district level has been under/over estimated
though it was acceptable at national level.
•It was difficult to define the concept of "irrigation" and "area of land actually
irrigated“. Farmers and enumerators could correctly understand the census
definition of irrigation being a bit technical to understand.

13. THANK YOU
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Thank you for your attention!