Angel Barbero Martin

IRRIGATION IN SPAIN
2000 - 2008
THE FUTURE OF THE SPANISH IRRIGATION –
BASED AGRICULTURE . MAIN ISSUES
CAP - WFD
WTO
RURAL
DEPOPULATION
INCREASING
RESTRICTIONS FOR
THE USE OF WATER
RESOURCES
IMPROVEMENT AND
MODERNIZATION OF THE
TRADITIONAL IRRIGATION
SYSTEMS
•INCREASING
COMPETITIVENESS:
Automated irrigation
technologies; crops in
accordance with market
demand; Irrigators training
•FIXING POPULATION IN
RURAL ZONES
•WATER SAVING
COMPLIANCE WITH
ENVIRONMENTAL
LEGISLATION IN
FORCE
•INCREASING EFFICIENCY
IN WATER MANAGEMENT
•REDUCING INPUTS USE
(fertiliser, pesticides)
IMPORTANCE OF THE IRRIGATION
BASED AGRICULTURE IN SPAIN
13% of the Agricultural Utilised Area
It represents more than 50% of the Final
Agricultural Production
Productivity: 1 ha irrigated = 6 ha rainfall
crop (average)
Surplus in the agricultural foreign balance
IRRIGATION IN SPAIN.
Situation before 2002
WATER USE IN AGRICULTURE
ESTIMATED WATER DEMAND: 23,52 HM3
WATER SUPPLY: 23,298 HM3
Average efficiency : 60%
Origin of the source: 67% surface water; 28%
groundwater; other sources (sewage, desalination
plants, etc.)
IRRIGATION IN SPAIN
Situation before 2000
WATER DISTRIBUTION NETWORK
DISTRIBUTION BY DITCHES TROUGH 700.000 HA
DISTRIBUTION BY CONCRETE CHANNELS IN BAD
CONDITIONS THROUGH 400.000 HA
•IRRIGATION USING GROUNDWATER
FROM OVER -EXPLOITED ACUIFERS
•MOST OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEMS WERE BY
FLOODING
THE SPANISH IRRIGATION NATIONAL
PLAN (PNR) - Horizon 2008
PNR PROGRAMMES
•IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION
•INFRASTRUCTURES IN IRRIGATION
BODIES INTO EXECUTION
•NEW INFRASTRUCTURES FOR SOCIAL
PURPOSES
•NEW INFRASTRUCTURES IN PRIVATE
IRRIGATORS COMMUNITIES
•SUPPORT PROGRAMME
SURFACE OF THE IMPLEMENTATION
OF PNR PROGRAMMES
Surface (ha)
18.000
Modernization
86.426
138.365
1.134.891
Irrg. Into
execution
Social
purposes
Private
Communities
FINANCIAL SUPPORT OF PNR PROGRAMMES
IMPROVEMENT AND MODERNIZATION
IRRIGATIONS INTO EXECUTION
SOCIAL IRRIGATIONS
PRIVATE IRRIGATIONS
SUPPORT PROGRAMME
3,056.5 M€
1,136.6 M€
681,9 M€
123.8 M€
25.7 M€
TOTAL INVESTMENT
5.024.5 M€
WITH THE COMMUNITY’S FINANCIAL
CONTRIBUTION TO THE SPANISH RURAL
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME BY THE
EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL GUIDANCE
AND GUARANTEE FUND (EAGGF)
CURRENT FIGURES OF THE PNR
MODERNIZATION PROGRAMME
•1.576 M€ INVESTED (216% OF THE PROGRAMMED INVESTMENT)
•MORE THAN 666.000 HECTARES EXECUTED UNDER AGREEMENTS
WITH IRRIGATION COMMUNITIES (MAPA AND SEIASAS)
•DURING 2006 THE ESTIMATED WATER SAVING HAS BEEN OVER 850
HM3. MORE THAN 2 000 HM3 ARE EXPECTED TO BE SAVED TO 2008
•THE EXPECTED AVERAGE EFFICIENCY INCREASING IS 10%
•IN 2007 THERE WERE 1.5 MILLON HECTARES IRRIGATED BY DRIPPING
AND 0.8 MILLION HECTARES IRRIGATED BY SPRINKLER SYSTEMS
•AT PRESENT THERE ARE STILL 1.1 MILLION HECTARES IRRIGATED BY
FLOODING SYSTEMS
THE ACTION PLAN 2006 – 2007
(LAUNCHED IN FREBUARY 2006)
Urgent works improving and consolidating
irrigation systems in order to mitigate drought
damages and to save water
Implemented by the Environment and the
Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Ministries (today
Ministry of Environment and Rural and Marine
Affaires)
Financed with budgetary and non budgetary
public founds (advanced founds from state
owned enterprises like SEIASAS) and private
founds (50%)
THE ACTION PLAN 2006 - 2007
Saving water objective: 1.162 hm3/year
Total public financing: 1.872 M€
Total modernized surface: 866.898 ha
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SPANISH
IRRIGATION POLICY AS A CONTRIBUTION TO
FIGHT AGAINST DROUGHT AND CONCILE WFD
AND CAP OBJECTIVES I
WATER SAVINGS CAN BE ACHIEVED BY
-REDUCING WASTES IN WATER TRANSPORT AND DISTRIBUTION
NETWORKS
-IMPROVING THE WATER SUPPLY MANAGEMENT (I.E. BUILDING
STORAGE BASINS)
-CHANGING TO MORE EFFICIENT IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
(SPRINKLERS, LOCALIZED, ETC.)
-MODIFYING CULTIVATION PRACTICES AND SELECTING LESS
WATER DEMANDING VARIETIES
REDUCING DIFFUSE POLUTION BY
-IMPROVEMENT OF FERTILIZATION METHODS
-USING LOCALIZED IRRIGATION SYSTEMS
-AGRICULTURAL GOOD PRACTICES
INCORPORATING IRRIGATORS TO ICT
FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS IN THE SPANISH
IRRIGATION POLICY AS A CONTRIBUTION TO FIGHT
AGAINST DROUGHT AND CONCILE WFD AND CAP
OBJECTIVES II
UE , CENTRAL AND AUTONOMOUS
(REGIONAL) GOVERNMENTS SHALL FINANCE
THE NEXT MODERNIZATION PROGRAMMES
ACCORDING TO THEIR BUDGETARY
PROVISSIONS THROUGH APPROPIATE
FORMS OF FINANCING AND GRANTING AIDS
TOWARDS SUSTENABLE IRRIGATON
PRACTICES.
RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMMES FOR EACH OF
THE 17 SPANISH REGIONS
FOR THE PERIOD 2007 - 2013
Regulation 1698/2005
European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD)
NATIONAL STRATEGY
NATIONAL FRAMEWORK
Measure 125.1: Management of water resources
UE contribution 452,95 M€
General Administration contribution 263,78 M€
Autonomous Governments contribution 245,47 M€
Minimal private contribution 10%