Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Botswana

Area equipped for irrigation is reported to be 1438.6 ha [BW01]. The figures refer to year 2002. The irrigated area per region is documented in the table below.

The location and command area of 11 irrigation projects was available from the FAO-irrigation map of Africa [BW02]. The command areas were summing up to 1855 ha and were scaled to meet the statistics reported for the specific regions. However, no irrigation project was known for the Francistown Region in the North-East of the country. Therefore two areas close to Francistown, that are likely to be irrigated (one of it is a center pivot scheme), were digitized from satellite imagery [BW03].

References

[BW01]: FAO. 2003. Botswana. National irrigation policy and strategy - Irrigation situation analysis. Report November 2003 (second draft) by Stephens T.F. TCP/BOT/0065 (A).
[BW02]: FAO. 2006. FAO irrigation project data base for Africa. GIS-Database compiled from different sources, available at FAO, Rome, Italy (unpublished).
[BW03]: Earth Satellite Corporation. 2004. Landsat GeoCover (2000/ETM+) Edition Mosaics, tiles 071-694 and 071-695. Sioux Falls, USA, USGS (available at http://glcfapp. umiacs.umd.edu:8080).

Distribution of irrigated area in Botswana by region: