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3. Although the irrigation-equipped area is less than 5 percent of Africa's cultivated area, it produces 20 percent of the value of agricultural production. An additional 12 million hectares could be economically viable for irrigation as long as costs are contained;Further examples include the absence of water storage and distribution infrastructure, which results in water resources being grossly underused