Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Ethiopia

The area equipped for irrigation is 289 530 ha [ET01]. The figures refer to year 2001. Irrigated area per state is documented in the table below.

Irrigated areas were localized by using the FAO irrigation project database for Africa [ET02] and a map of irrigation projects available from the AQUASTAT-library [ET03]. The irrigation schemes were then digitized by using satellite imagery [ET04]. Most of the medium- and large-scale projects and some regions in which small scale irrigation is present could be detected that way. The remaining irrigated area was assigned to arable land in irrigated regions as indicated on the FAO-map of irrigated areas in Africa [ET02].

References

[ET01]: FAO. 2005. AQUASTAT country profile Ethiopia. Table 6. FAO, Rome, http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/AQUASTAT/countries/index.stm, 11/11/2005.
[ET02]: FAO. 2006. FAO irrigation project data base for Africa. GIS-Database compiled from different sources, available at FAO, Rome, Italy (unpublished).
[ET03]: Unknown. Ethiopia - irrigation projects, dams and rivers. Map available in the AQUASTAT-library.
[ET04]: Earth Satellite Corporation. 2004. Landsat GeoCover (2000/ETM+) Edition Mosaics, tiles 071-266, 071-267, 071-268, 071-281, 071-282, 071-283, 071-293, 071-294, 071-295. Sioux Falls, USA, USGS (available at http://glcfapp.umiacs.umd.edu:8080/esdi/index.jsp).

Distribution of irrigated area in Ethiopia per state: