Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Benin

Area equipped for irrigation per department as listed in the table below, adds up to 12 258 ha [BJ01]. The figures refer to year 2002 and comprise of 10 973 ha full control irrigation, of which 9349 ha in registered schemes and 1624 ha of informal irrigation, plus 1285 ha of equipped lowlands.

The location of 30 full/partial control schemes was digitized from two irrigations maps [BJ02]. The command area of these schemes and the location and extent of 39 other schemes (mainly equipped wetlands) was derived from another report [BJ03]. The command area of these 69 schemes is summing up to 10 621 ha. The remaining part of the formal irrigation and the informal irrigation was assigned to the surrounding of large urban centres as digitized from satellite imagery [BJ04].

References

[BJ01]: FAO. 2005. AQUASTAT country profile Benin. FAO, Rome, http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/AQUASTAT/countries/index.stm, 28/02/2006.
[BJ02]: Republique du Benin. 1994. Statistique sur l'hydraulique agricole et rurale - Donnees de base et cartes. 30 pp. Report available in the AQUASTAT-library.
[BJ03]: FAO. 2003. AQUASTAT - Benin. Enquete sur l'utilisation de l'eau pour l'agriculture et le development rural au Benin. Rapport General. Report available in the AQUASTAT-library.
[BJ04]: Earth Satellite Corporation. 2004. Landsat GeoCover (2000/ETM+) Edition Mosaics, tiles 071-202 and 071-203. Sioux Falls, USA, USGS (available at http://glcfapp.umiacs.umd.edu:8080).

Distribution of irrigated area in Benin by department: