Irrigation coverage in Bajura district rose by 3 percent in fiscal year 2082/83, bringing irrigation facilities to 23 percent of the district’s cultivable land, according to the Agriculture Knowledge Centre Bajura. The increase marks an expansion in access to irrigation, while farming had been carried out on about 80 percent of the district’s total cultivable land until last year.
Irrigation coverage reaches 23 percent
The Agriculture Knowledge Centre Bajura reported that irrigation facilities expanded during the fiscal year, raising the share of cultivable land served by irrigation to 23 percent. The centre’s figures show a 3 percent increase compared with the previous year.
The reported coverage concerns cultivable land, while the separate estimate that farming took place on about 80 percent of the district’s total cultivable land describes the extent of land being farmed until last year. The two figures refer to different measures: land under cultivation and land with irrigation facilities.
The available information does not identify the specific locations where coverage increased or the irrigation projects responsible for the expansion. It also does not provide the total area in hectares covered by the reported 23 percent share.
Agriculture and access to irrigation
The latest figure indicates that irrigation facilities remain limited to a portion of Bajura’s cultivable land. Although coverage increased during 2082/83, the Agriculture Knowledge Centre’s reported share shows that more than three-quarters of cultivable land was not counted as covered by irrigation facilities in the district-wide figure.
The centre’s update gives a year-on-year measure of progress, but does not describe how irrigation access is distributed among farms or communities. It also provides no breakdown of the water systems or infrastructure included in the coverage estimate.
Bajura’s farming activity has extended across about 80 percent of its total cultivable land, according to the information available for last year. The new irrigation figure adds a separate measure of agricultural conditions in the district: the proportion of cultivable land reached by irrigation facilities.
The Agriculture Knowledge Centre Bajura’s reported increase for fiscal year 2082/83 therefore places irrigation coverage at 23 percent, up by 3 percent over the previous year. Further details on the areas, projects and land measurements behind the increase were not included in the information provided.
