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A Digital Global Map of Irrigation Areas - An update for Asia (2005)

Frankfurt Hydrology Paper 1

Year of publication 2005

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 113 p.

Author Siebert, S., Feick, S., Hoogeveen, J.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Document

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) The Land and Water Development Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main, Germany, are cooperating in the development of a global irrigation-mapping facility. This report describes an update of the Digital Global Map of Irrigated Areas for the continent of Asia. For this update, an inventory of subnational irrigation statistics for the continent was compiled. The reference year for the statistics is 2000. Adding up the irrigated areas per country as documented in the report gives a total of 188.5 million ha for the entire continent. The total number of subnational units used in the inventory is 4 428. In order to distribute the irrigation statistics per subnational unit, digital spatial data layers and printed maps were used. Irrigation maps were derived from project reports, irrigation subsector studies, and books related to irrigation and drainage. These maps were digitized and compared with satellite images of many regions. In areas without spatial information on irrigated areas, additional information was used to locate areas where irrigation is likely, such as land-cover and land-use maps that indicate agricultural areas or areas with crops that are usually grown under irrigation. Publication details: Frankfurt Hydrology Paper 01, Frankfurt University, Frankfurt/M., Germany and Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.

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​Siebert, S., Feick, S., Hoogeveen, J. (2005): A Digital Global Map of Irrigated Areas - An Update for Asia. Frankfurt Hydrology Paper 01. Institute of Physical Geography, Frankfurt University, Frankfurt am Main & Land and Water Development Division of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy.

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