details of major water management projects
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
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