Service Contract No 2007 / 147-446 NYANYALI ... - Swaziland

Attached in annexes is field Map 1, a soil map of Nyanyali Farmers Cooperative FA indicatingthe two major soil sets on which the project was developed on.The purpose of this study was to determine the quantity of water required by the crops percycle during peak demand periods and how often it was to be applied taking practicaloperating practice into account.Taking soils into account the following planning schedule was developed;Peak Design-Norm For Sprinkler Irrigation At Nyanyali Investment Pty Ltd1 GENERAL INFORMATION1,1 Owner Nyanyali Investment Pty Ltd1,2 Farm Name - Number - Co-ordinates Swazi nation land1,3 Telephone number1,4 Area developed 43 Ha1,5 Water Allocation 43 l/s2 CLIMATE2,1 Month state Jan2,2 Weather station state Ubombo2,3 Evaporation mm/day 7mm A-Pan or 5mm Grass Factor3 MANAGEMENT3,1 Available working days per week days 73,2 Available working Hours per day hours 244 CROP BLOCK NO Betusile/Dundee Winn/Oakleaf4,1 Type state Sugar Sugar4,2 Area Ha 20 94,3 Plant spacing m NA NA4,4 Row spacing m 1.8 1.84,5 Effective root depth m 0.45 0.454,6 Plant time date August August5 SOIL Betusile/Dundee Winn/Oakleaf5,1 Effective soil depth m 1 15,2 Water holding capacity mm/m 140 1405,3 Easy available water (10-50 kPa) 50% mm/m 40 405,4 Easy available water in root zone mm 18 186 WATER6,1 C en S Classification of water C+S Mkondo River7 EMITTERNyanyali Farmers Cooperative Report - 2009 Page - 5 -