Currently, some 20 percent (around 205 million hectares) of agricultural land in the developing countries is irrigated and it provides about 40 percent of crop production in these countries.
Emisaveni hinkwayo hafu ya mapurasi lama nga rimiwangiki ma kumeka eAfrika, ku nga mapurasi lawa hi ku leha ma ringanaka 202 wa timiliyoni ta ti hektara, laha ku vuriwaka leswaku ma nga endla ntshovelo lowu ringanaka 25 wa tiphesente loko mo rimiwa hinkwawo.