Global irrigated area mapping: Overview and recommendations

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Global irrigated area mapping: Overview and recommendations is written by Droogers, P. and published by IWMI. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9290904690 (ISBN 10) and 9789290904694 (ISBN 13).

This publication will give an overview of the available global datasets on irrigated areas and an evaluation of their strengths and weaknesses. From these analyses an outline on how to develop a global irrigated area map, based on a generic methodology, will be presented. Some examples will be given for the area covering India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. These countries offer a broad range of irrigated areas in different environmental settings, ranging from deserts to humid tropics. This publication should be considered as a first attempt to develop such a generic methodology, rather than a presentation of actual results on the extent of irrigated areas.