IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE IN THE NILE AND NIGER BASIN

GEOGRAPHY SSS2 THIRD TERM

WEEK – EIGHT

IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE IN THE NILE AND NIGER BASIN

REFERENCE

Essential Geography for Senior Secondary Schools by O.A. Iwena

IRRIGATION AGRICULTURE IN THE NILE AND NIGER BASIN

Irrigation agriculture is the type of agriculture which involves the artificial application of water to soil or land for farming purposes.  Irrigation is practiced in areas where rainfall is insufficient like Egypt and Sudan in the Nile Basin (using River Nile) and Mali and Northern Nigeria in the Niger Basin using River Niger.

Irrigation makes farming possible throughout the year. River Nile is so important to Egypt hence the popular saying “No Nile, No Egypt”.

Needs for Irrigation

(i)      Rainfall is low and unreliable in both Nile…