Sunday, 22 March 2009

AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture

The information system consists of:


Databases - The AQUASTAT main country database; Databases on African dams, on institutions, on river sediment yields, and on investment costs in irrigation

Countries and regions - Standardized text by country and by region on the state of water resources and agricultural water use


Climate information tool - A tool to provide climate estimates for the land surface of the globe


Water resources - Review of the statistics of renewable water resources by country


Agricultural water use - Review of agricultural water use by country


Global irrigation map - Global map of irrigated areas, which is a spatial dataset on areas equipped for irrigation


Maps and tables - A selection of downloadable maps and datasets on water and agriculture

AQUASTAT - FAO's Information System on Water and Agriculture