Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Ghana

The total area equipped for irrigation is at least 30 900 ha, of which 8587 ha public schemes [GH01], 10 413 ha private schemes [GH02] and at least 11 900 ha peri-urban irrigation around Kumasi [GH03]. The figures refer to year 2000.

No sub-national statistics on the extent of irrigated lands have been available, but the location and corresponding area equipped for irrigation of the existing 22 public irrigation schemes was available (GH01]. The peri-urban irrigation was reported to appear in a 40 km radius around the city centre of Kumasi [GH03]. Additionally some peri-urban irrigation was assigned to the surrounding of Accra [GH02]. The location of the private schemes was unknown. Their corresponding irrigation area was assigned to areas which were classified as irrigable on a map available in the AQUASTAT library [GH04].

References

[GH01]: Ghana Irrigation Development Authority (GIDA). 2001. General information on public irrigation projects in Ghana.
[GH02]: FAO. 2005. AQUASTAT country profile Ghana, FAO, Rome, http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/AQUASTAT/countries/index.stm, 28/02/2006.
[GH03]: HR Wallingford. 2002. Informal irrigation in peri-urban areas. Institutional aspects and options for improvement. KAR Project R7132.
[GH04]: Unknown. 1985. Existing and proposed irrigation projects in Ghana. Map available in the AQUASTAT library.