Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Djibouti

The area equipped for irrigation is 1012 ha [DJ01]. The figures refer to year 1999. Irrigated area per region is documented in the table below.

No spatial information was available related to the location and extent of irrigation schemes. Therefore arable land was digitized from satellite imagery [DJ02] and the irrigated area distributed to these digitized areas.

References

[DJ01]: FAO. 2005. AQUASTAT country profile Djibouti, FAO, Rome, http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/AQUASTAT/countries/index.stm, 28/02/2006.
[DJ02]: Earth Satellite Corporation. 2004. Landsat GeoCover (2000/ETM+) Edition Mosaics, tile 071-295. Sioux Falls, USA, USGS (available at http://glcfapp.umiacs.umd.edu:8080).

Distribution of irrigated area in Djibouti by region: