Latin American Economic Review

Table 1 Number of farmers and hectares per irrigation category

From: Production risk and adoption of irrigation technology: evidence from small-scale farmers in Chile

Category	N°	%^a	Hectares	% Hectares
No-irrigation	6083	83.0	4094	65.6
Irrigation	1245	17.0	2146.1	34.4
Traditional	1175	94.4	1852.5	86.3
Flood	417	35.5	692	37.4
Furrow	831	70.7	1139	61.5
Other	17	1.4	21.5	1.2
Modern	70	5.6	293.6	13.7
Sprinkler	53	75.7	215	73.2
Center pivot	2	2.9	64	21.8
Drip	8	11.4	6.6	2.2
Micro sprinkler	7	10.0	8	2.7

Source: Own elaboration based on Censual data, 2007
^aTraditional irrigation does not add up 100 % because some farmers adopt more than one irrigation system. Moreover, some farmers use both traditional and modern irrigation. In this case, they are defined as modern irrigators

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