Analysis of the Yellow River Irrigation Development Planning

Based on the analysis of the current situation about water-saving irrigation of the Yellow River basin and combined with the water and soil resources,food security requirements,this paper put forward the development of water-saving irrigation and the layout of irrigation development of the Yellow River basin.At present,the effective irrigation area of the Yellow River basin is about 5.704 million hm2and the water saving irrigation area with engineering measures is 2.513 million hm2.The primary task of irrigation development is implementation of water-saving irrigation and building of irrigation engineering.By 2030,the planned water-saving irrigation area of the Yellow River basin will be 5.173 million hm2 and water saving rate will be increased from the present 48.5% to 89.2%.Combined with the implementation of water-saving irrigation and irrigation development of Heishanxia irrigation area,the effective irrigation area of the Yellow River basin will be reached to 6.588 million hm2 by 2030.