Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Côte d'Ivoire

The area equipped for irrigation is 72 750 ha. The figures refer to year 1994. Area in full/partial control areas is reported to be 47 750 ha while equipped wetlands cover 25 000 ha [CI01]. Equipped wetland as reported by the statistics for 10 regions [CI02] was 24 940 ha. The total area of 44 known irrigation schemes derived from the AQUASTAT irrigation project database [CI03] and from another irrigation map [CI04] is 39 605 ha and was also assigned to the 10 regions depending on the location of the schemes. To compute total area equipped for irrigation the figures per region were scaled to meet the country-totals of full/partial control area and the equipped wetland area respectively. Irrigated area per region is documented in the table below.

TIrrigated area was distributed to the 44 known projects. The outlines of the five largest schemes (total command area of these schemes is 30 000 ha) were then adjusted using satellite imagery [CI05]. The satellite images were also used to digitize cultivated areas along the main rivers and in lowlands. The remaining irrigated area was distributed to those digitized areas.

References

[CI01]: FAO. 2005. AQUASTAT country profile Côte d'Ivoire, FAO, Rome, http://www.fao.org/ ag/agl/aglw/AQUASTAT/countries/index.stm, 28/02/2006.
[CI02]: FAO. 1999. Côte d’Ivoire - Éléments de stratégie nationale de développement de la petite irrigation et plan d’action opérationel. Document de travail 3: Valorisation de la production agricole.
[CI03]: FAO. 2006. FAO irrigation project data base for Africa. GIS-Database compiled from different sources, available at FAO, Rome, Italy (unpublished).
[CI04]: Universite Nationale de Côte d’Ivoire. 1988. Atlas regional du Nord-Est de la Côte d’Ivoire. Planche 24 (operations agricole).
[CI05]: Earth Satellite Corporation. 2004. Landsat GeoCover (2000/ETM+) Edition Mosaics, tiles 071-176, 071-177, 071-178, 071-188, 071-189 and 071-190. Sioux Falls, USA, USGS (available at http://glcfapp.umiacs.umd.edu:8080).

Distribution of irrigated area in Côte d'Ivoire per region: