Abstract
Kosovo aims to revitalize its agricultural sector by modernizing and boosting irrigation development, which is vital for the economic growth and to overcome the ongoing rural desertification. The Kosovo Irrigation Master Plan (KIMP) establishes a national strategy for developing irrigation across the country. Following a systematic analysis of the land, water, agriculture, environment and economic sectors, the planning of the irrigation development has been done with the use of a GIS based analytical tool. The assessment of the water resources conducted both in the current and in the future climate change impacted situations have evidenced an exposed situation for the future foreseen development. Currently, the gross irrigation area is 20,000 Ha, but the plan has evidenced a potential of 280,000 Ha. With limited existing storage capacities and a predicted increased hydrologic variability, investing in irrigation infrastructures without a secured access to water resources appears to be hazardous and calls for the development of storage capacities. The economic and institutional sustainability of this development appears to be found only through a multipurpose management of the planned infrastructures. This article presents the studies conducted within the Kosovo national irrigation master plan.
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