Momodou,
Figures on irrigation in the Gambia, although widely quoted are hard to
verify. It looks like the 1998 estimate  of 20 sq km (2000 hectares) is
consistent with those I have seen so far. The 120 sqkm (12,000 ha) looks
very high given that the 1983 land cover mapping exercise gave 13.8 sq km as
irrigated rice. It would be hard to imagine an 8 fold increase in 5 years.

Malanding


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Subject: Declining irrigated land?


Folks,
I was just updating a page on Gambia when I saw that the irrigated land has
declined from 120 sq km (1989 est.) to 20 sq km (1998 est.).
Could this be an error or is it the reality? Can some of our agric sientists
or anyone with knowledge on the subject shed some light as to why this
decline in irrigated land.

The figures are from The CIA's World Fact Book on Gambia with the latest
online at: http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos/ga.html

regards,
Momodou Camara

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