Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Comoros

Area equipped for irrigation is reported to be 130 ha [KM01]. The figures refer to year 1987. The irrigated area per island is documented in the table below.

The 130 ha of area equipped for irrigation were assigned to 4 irrigation schemes with known position and extent as derived from the FAO irrigation project database for Africa [KM02].

References

[KM01]: FAO. 2005. AQUASTAT country profile Comoros. FAO, Rome, http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/AQUASTAT/countries/index.stm, 28/02/2006.
[KM02]: FAO. 2006. FAO irrigation project data base for Africa. GIS-Database compiled from different sources, available at FAO, Rome, Italy (unpublished).

Distribution of irrigated area on the Comoros per island: