Type of Farmer Irrigation System Crops Size of Farm (ha) Subsistence Farmer None Maize, sorghum, beans 0.1 – 0.2 None Cereals, maize, sorghum, legumes, potatoes >0.2 - 1 Micro-irrigating Farmer Watering can, hose pipe/low pressure sprinklers Vegetables, fruit trees 0.025 (home garden) Gravity-fed irrigation Vegetables, fruit trees 0.1–0.5 Small-scale semi-commercial Farmer High-pressure irrigation system Vegetables, fodder 1-4 Medium-scale commercial Farmer High pressure system with travelling guns Vegetables 10-20

Table 1: Lesotho farmers’ categories and crops produced (ORASECOM 2011: 29).