On 21 Nov 2002 at 13:35, Malanding Jaiteh wrote:

> 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
>

Malanding,
Thanks, I had the feeling that something was wrong somewhere.

Momodou Camara

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