Data:GMIA

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Short Description

The digital global map of irrigation areas (v5.0)

Statement: Global Map of Irrigation Areas (version 5.0)

Abstract: Latest version (5.0)

The latest version of the "Global Map of Irrigation Areas" is version 5, which can be downloaded from this page. The documentation of the map includes an explanation of the methodology, information per country, an assessment of the map quality, and references to the background and history of the irrigation mapping project.

The map shows the amount of area equipped for irrigation around the year 2005 in percentage of the total area on a raster with a resolution of 5 minutes. Additional map layers show the percentage of the area equipped for irrigation that was actually used for irrigation and the percentages of the area equipped for irrigation that was irrigated with groundwater, surface water or non-conventional sources of water. An explanation of the different terminology to indicate areas under irrigation is given in this glossary. Please note that information for the additional layers on area actually irrigated or on the water source for irrigation was derived from statistical survey data (e.g. census reports). Therefore all grid cells belonging to the same statistical unit will have the same value. Consequently, the accuracy at pixel level will be very limited, depending on the size of the statistical unit.

Users are requested to refer to the map as follows: "Stefan Siebert, Verena Henrich, Karen Frenken and Jacob Burke (2013). Global Map of Irrigation Areas version 5. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy".

Data format

Data type: Human dimensions
Data origin: Measured
Data format: ASCII
Other format: ASCII-Grids
Data resolution: 5 minutes, 0.083333 decimal degrees
Datum: Geographic

Data Coverage

Spatial data coverage: Global
Temporal data coverage: Time snap shot
Time period covered: 2000 - 2008

Availability

Download data: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/irrigationmap/index10.stm
Data source: http://www.fao.org/nr/water/aquastat/irrigationmap/index.stm

References

  • Stefan Siebert, Verena Henrich, Karen Frenken and Jacob Burke (2013). Global Map of Irrigation Areas version 5. Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-University, Bonn, Germany / Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy".