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ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY OF SELECTED SCHEMES IN NIGERIA

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Irrigation and Drainage Engineering

Abstract

Irrigation water supply in agricultural production can be energy intensive because of large electric motors utilized and the length of time required for such operations. The present study investigates the energy requirement for irrigation water supply in five different schemes in the North Central Nigeria. The use of well-structured questionnaires was employed alongside other study techniques to obtain information about the structural and operational characteristics of the irrigation schemes visited. In this study, important field operations were performed on one hectare of land selected as reference field. The average quantity of fuel used on one hectare of land by the five schemes is 391.2 litres per season while on other hand he quantity of fuel used on the reference field is 360 litres per season. The cost of energy used in irrigation of one hectare of land, when diesel fuel is used as source of power as obtained from the average cost of fuel consumed by the five irrigation schemes, is N39,120 per season and the cost of fuel consumed when diesel fuel is used as source of power on the reference field is N36,000 per season. It is concluded that irrigation farmers should ensure that energy required for irrigation water supply should be properly planned for, and monitored with fairly managing ability, which produces a satisfactory result.

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10.21608/mjae.2018.95798

Keywords

energy, Irrigation, water supply, Schemes, Nigeria

Authors

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Simeon

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Jekayinfa

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Department of Agricultural Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B. 4000, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Matthew

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Ogunshina

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Department of Agricultural Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B. 4000, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.

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Afolabi

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Oke

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Department of Agricultural Engineering, Adeleke University of Technology, Ede, Osun State, Nigeria.

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Olumuyiwa

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Ojo

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Department of Agricultural Engineering, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, P.M.B. 4000, Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria.

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oiojo@lautech.edu.ng

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35

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2

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14436

Issue Date

2018-04-01

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2020-06-14

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2018-04-01

Page Start

571

Page End

586

Print ISSN

1687-384X

Online ISSN

2636-3062

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MJAE_Volume 35_Issue 2_Pages 571-586.pdf

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Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering

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ENERGY REQUIREMENTS FOR IRRIGATION WATER SUPPLY OF SELECTED SCHEMES IN NIGERIA

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23 Jan 2023