Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Finland

The irrigable area of Finland was reported to be 103 800 ha in 2003 [FI01]. It was assumed that the irrigable area reported by EUROSTAT also represents the area equipped for irrigation. Area equipped for irrigation per region is shown in the table below. Most of the irrigated area is located in the southern region. The area actually irrigated is however much lower, in dry summers about 20 000 – 40 000 ha are irrigated [FI02]. The main irrigated crops are vegetables, potatoes and beets ([FI02], [FI03]).

Maps showing the location of irrigation areas in Finland were not available. Therefore area equipped for irrigation was assigned to all areas classified as non-irrigated arable land (211) in the Corine 2000 land cover database for Europe [FI04].

References

[FI01]: Statistical Office of the European Communities (EUROSTAT). 2006. Irrigation by regions. Online data base (available at http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu), 07/07/2006.
[FI02]: Baldock, D., Caraveli, H., Dwyer, J., Einschütz, S., Petersen, J.E., Sumpsi-Vinas, J. & Varela-Ortega, C. 2000. The environmental impacts of irrigation in the European Union. A report to the Environment Directorate of the European Commission, 147 pp., available at: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/agriculture/, 07/07/2006.
[FI03]: Sierla, J. 2006. Water resources management and agriculture in Finland. Summary report available at the web-page of the Finnish National Committee of the ICID (FINCID) at: http://www.salaojakeskus.fi/fincid/indexeng.htm, 07/07/2006.
[FI04]: EEA. 2005. Corine land cover 2000 – vector by country (CLC2000), version 1. (available at: http://dataservice.eea.europa.eu/dataservice/metadetails.asp?id=667).

Distribution of irrigated area in Finland per NUTS-1 Region: