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Principle areas of irrigation

Figure Created 08 Dec 2010 Published 08 Dec 2010 Last modified 29 Nov 2012

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The Global Map of Irrigation Areas was developed by combining sub-national irrigation statistics with geospatial information on the position and extent of irrigation schemes to compute the fraction of 5 arc minute cells that was equipped for irrigation, which is called irrigation density.