| dc.description.abstract | Farmers develop irrigation facil ities to ensure that the
demands of their crop water requirements are satisfied.
By doing this, they anticipate to enhance their net farm
incomes and to safeguard themselves from the risks and
uncertainities of the weather.
This study was conducted
viability of Smallholder,
farms, that are privately
Kiambu district.
to evaluate the financial
pumped, splinkler irrigation
operated by individuals, in
Investment, operating and production data were collected
from a purposive sample of 34 irrigation and 14 rainfed
farmers. This data was used to develop six
representative irrigation farm models based on the
cropping pattern, agro-ecological zone, type of prime
mover and the net irrigated area.
The "With" and "Without" irrigation project approach of
financial analysis was adopted. The discounted measures
of project worth were used to evaluate the financial
viability of the irrigation farms.
The results obtained showed that individually operated,
private, smallholder, pumped sprinkler irrigation farms,
in Kiambu District were financially viable. However, the
availabiIity of marketing and transport infrastructure
was a major factor that influenced the farmers'
incremental net benefit. | en |
