Global Map of Irrigation Areas

Zimbabwe

The area equipped for irrigation is 173 513 ha [ZW01]. The figures refer to year 1999. Irrigated area per province adds up to 173 412 ha [ZW02]. The remaining 101 ha were assigned to Bulawayo and Harare, because no statistics for these areas were available. Irrigated area per province is documented in the table below.

The location and command area of 33 irrigation projects was derived from the FAO irrigation map for Africa [ZW03]. The total area equipped for irrigation in these schemes was 3830 ha. The remaining irrigated area was assigned to center pivot schemes as digitized from satellite imagery [ZW04] or to cultivated land in the surrounding of center pivot schemes.

References

[ZW01]: FAO. 2005. AQUASTAT country profile Zimbabwe, FAO, Rome, http://www.fao.org/ag/agl/aglw/AQUASTAT/countries/index.stm, 28/02/2006.
[ZW02]: Ministry of Lands, Agriculture and Rural Resettlement. 2002. Report on the status of irrigation development in Zimbabwe. Report available in the AQUASTAT library.
[ZW03]: FAO. 2006. FAO irrigation project data base for Africa. GIS-Database compiled from different sources, available at FAO, Rome, Italy (unpublished).
[ZW04]: Earth Satellite Corporation, 2004. Landsat GeoCover (2000/ETM+) Edition Mosaics, tiles 071-694, 071-695, 071-701 and 071-702. Sioux Falls, USA, USGS (available at http://glcfapp.umiacs.umd.edu:8080/esdi/index.jsp).

Distribution of irrigated area in Zimbabwe per province: