Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Cyprus

The extent of irrigable lands in the part of Cyprus under government control has been reported as being 45 452 ha in 2003, while the area actually irrigated was reported to be 35 931 ha [CY01]. The irrigated area in the Turkish-occupied northern part of the island was estimated by digitizing a land-use map [CY02] and by calculating the sum of the digitized area. Irrigated area per district is shown in the table below. Thus, the area equipped for irrigation for the entire island was estimated to be 55 813 ha.

Irrigated areas were extracted from the Corine 2000 land cover data base for Europe [CY03] or digitized from a land-use map produced in 1975 [CY02]. This map also shows irrigated areas outside the current government-controlled area. In addition, eleven government schemes were digitized from a recent inventory [CY04].

References

[CY01]: Republic of Cyprus. 2004. Census of agriculture 2003 - preliminary results. Statistical Service, Republic of Cyprus (available at: http://www.mof.gov.cy).
[CY02]: Savvides, L. 1975. Land use map of Cyprus - Scale 1:250 000. Nicosia.
[CY03]: EEA. 2005. Corine land cover 2000 - vector by country (CLC2000), version 1. (available at: http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/dataservice/metadetails.asp?id=667).
[CY04]: Savvides, L., Dörflinger, G. & Alexandrou, K. 2001. Reassessment of the island’s water resources and demand - the assessment of water demand of Cyprus, Figure 7. Nicosia, Ministry of Agriculture, Natural Resources and Environment, FAO.

Distribution of irrigated area in Cyprus per district: