The State of Water in Kosovo, 2010
The State of Water in Kosovo, 2010
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Gjendja e Ujërave në Kosovë4.2 THE USE OF WATER FOR IRRIGATIONAbout 400,000 ha <strong>of</strong> agricultural land <strong>in</strong> <strong>Kosovo</strong>, from total 1,088,000, are suitable forirrigation. Land areas along the major rivers are suitable for irrigation. About 50,000 ha<strong>of</strong> agricultural lands are very suitable for irrigation and about other 100000 ha could havebeen favourable, with some slight remedial measures. <strong>The</strong> largest portion <strong>of</strong> irrigatedland is <strong>in</strong> the Peja region with about 39.5% <strong>of</strong> the total area <strong>of</strong> cultivated agricultural land,while the smallest area is <strong>in</strong> Gjilan region with 4.8%. Irrigated land surfaces by regions <strong>in</strong><strong>Kosovo</strong> are presented <strong>in</strong> the follow<strong>in</strong>g table.Table 18: Irrigated areas by regions 29Region Irrigated area (ha)Total surface <strong>of</strong> cultivatedagricultural land (ha)% <strong>of</strong> irrigated landKosova 39.368,7 226.905 17.4Prisht<strong>in</strong>ë 5.926,4 56.984,9 10.3Mitrovicë 4.206,7 38.347,2 10.9Pejë 12.696,5 32.086,6 39.5Gjakovë 10.694,4 27.385,0 39.0Prizren 2.551,6 24.949,4 10.2Ferizaj 2.013,7 21.102,1 9.5Gjilan 1.276,4 26.049,7 4.8Currently, the irrigation system <strong>in</strong> <strong>Kosovo</strong> is adm<strong>in</strong>istered by the central publicenterprises: <strong>The</strong> Public Enterprise “Hidrosistemi Iber Lepenc” and two company forRegional Irrigation: “Dr<strong>in</strong>i i bardhe” and “Radoniqi-Dukagj<strong>in</strong>i 30 ”.<strong>The</strong> ma<strong>in</strong> characteristics <strong>of</strong> the irrigation schemes by the Irrigation Companies arepresented <strong>in</strong> the table below.Table 19: Characteristics <strong>of</strong> major schemes <strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong>ficial irrigation <strong>in</strong> 31Scheme Type <strong>of</strong> irrigationEquippedsurface (ha)Irrigatedsurface (ha)Surfaces irrigated bypresent schemes and watersources dur<strong>in</strong>g seasonalpeak(ha)Ibër Lepenc Spr<strong>in</strong>kler irrigation 20.000 515 14.500 1Radoniqi Spr<strong>in</strong>kler irrigation 8.600 4.700 5.000Dukagj<strong>in</strong>iSurface and spr<strong>in</strong>klerirrigation5.000 800 2.500Dr<strong>in</strong>i BardhëPejëSurface irrigation 6.500 1.300 2.500Istog Surface irrigation 8.500 1.350 2.000Lumi Bardhë Surface irrigation 8.500 1650 3.000Total 57.100 10.315 29.50029 <strong>The</strong> seurvey <strong>of</strong> economic agricultural households, SOK 200730 <strong>The</strong> Law on Public Enterprises31 M<strong>in</strong>istry <strong>of</strong> Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development© Agjencia e Kosoves per Mbrojtjen e Mjedisit59120
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