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    Comoros

    Area equipped for irrigation is reported to be 130 ha, while area actually irrigated was 85 ha in year 1987 [KM01].

    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]. The irrigated area per island estimated that way is visible in the table below and also can be downloaded as Comoros irrigation areas in PDF or Comoros irrigation areas in Excel.

    Groundwater extracted by boreholes is the only water source on Grand Comoros while water use on the other two islands is from surface water (rivers). Irrigated area on Grand Comoros was 5 ha and thus about 4 percent of the total irrigated area [KM01]. Therefore percentage of irrigated area from groundwater sources was estimated at 4 percent.

    References

    [KM01]: FAO. 2005. AQUASTAT country profile Comoros. FAO, Rome, Italy.
    [KM02]: FAO. 1987 (updated in 2005). Irrigated areas in Africa. FAO, Rome, Italy.